Robertus cardesensis Dresco, 1959
Description
Male
Unknown.
Female
Prosoma 1.5 mm long. Prosoma pigmented, eyes ringed with black. Eyes: AME more than one diameter apart and from ALE, posterior eyes all 1.5 PME diameter apart, AME 1.7 diameter from PME. Chelicerae with one tooth on posterior margin, and 3 teeth on anterior margin. Legs: colouration as prosoma. Opisthosoma white, with sparse hairs.
Additional information
Only one female known. In cave.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Vulva
(Dresco 1959a)
Eyes, frontal view
(Dresco 1959a)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Dresco 1959a)
Distribution List
References
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Dresco E (1959a) Sur quelques espèces du genre Robertus (Araneae, Theridiidae). Description de R. alpinus et R. cardesensis spp. nov. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 31: 242-247
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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