Mesostalita nocturna (Roewer, 1931)
Description
Male
Palp: end of bulb with 8 small teeth, embolus at right angles to the axis of bulb. Prosoma 1.5 mm long.
Female
Prosoma 1.5 mm long. Prosoma and appendages red-yellowish. Legs: femur, tibia and metatarsus with spines.
Body length female: 3.4 mmAdditional information
In caves.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1971b)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1971b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Gasparo 1996b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Gasparo 1996b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Gasparo 1996b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Gasparo 1996b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1971b)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Gasparo 1996b)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1971b) Beitrag zur Kenntnis höhlenbewohnender Dysderidae (Araneida) aus Jugoslawien. Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Prirodoslovne Vede, Classis IV, Historia Naturalis 14: 95-120 
Gasparo F (1996b) Gasparo, F. (1996b). Sulla presenza del genere Stalita Schiödte (Araneae, Dysderidae) in Friuli (Italia nordorientale). Atti e Memorie, Commissione Grotte "Eugenio Boegan" 33: 47-53
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Polak S, Bedek J, Ozimec R, Zakšek V (2012) Subterranean fauna of twelve Istrian caves. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis 22: 7-24
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2