Stygopholcus photophilus Senglet, 1971
Description
Male
Palp very massive, orange-brownish, femur broader than long. Prosoma 1.6 mm long. Colouration as in female. Eyes: 2 long bristles between lateral and median posterior eyes. Chelicerae anteriorly with 30 to 34 club-like setae.
Female
Prosoma 1.6 mm long. Prosoma: thoracic part white yellowish with a median brown streak, cephalic part brownish. Sternum dark brown, wider than long. Eyes: posterior row very recurved. Legs light brownish, femur and tibia with annulations. Opisthosoma oval, less than twice as long as high, mottled, ventrally with a median darker streak. Spinnerets ringed with black.
Additional information
Under rocks and treestumps, in caves.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al. 2018b)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Bulbus, dorso-lateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Bulbus, prolateral-distal view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Paracymbium, anterior view
(Senglet 1971)
Paracymbium, retrolateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Procursus, prolateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Procursus, retrolateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Eyes, frontal view
(Senglet 1971)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Senglet 1971)
Chelicerae
(Senglet 1971)
Chelicerae, lateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Chelicera, lateral view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Epigyne
(Senglet 1971)
Epigyne
(Huber et al. 2021)
Epigyne
(Huber et al. 2021)
Vulva, ventral view
(Senglet 1971)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Senglet 1971)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Vulva, ventral view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber et al. 2021)
Distribution List
References
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144 
Huber B A, Pavlek M, Komnenov M (2021) Revision of the spider genus Stygopholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae), endemic to the Balkan Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy 752: 1-60
Mammola S, Cardoso P, Ribera C, Pavlek M, Isaia M (2018b) A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe. Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56: 301-316
Senglet A (1971) Note sur les Pholcidae (Arachn.) de Grèce. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 44: 345-359
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2