Tama edwardsi (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Male
Palp: cymbium with dense hairs, very characteristic, on the basal external part, embolus short, strongly sclerotized.
Female
Epigyne: very simple, without sclerotized plate, reduced to a pair of openings on the epigastric furrow.
Additional information
In plant communities with Quercus ilex and Juniperus oxycedrus. Altitude 630-800 m.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Rheims & Brescovit 2004)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Rheims & Brescovit 2004)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Rheims & Brescovit 2004)
Epigyne
(Mousaid & Bouihouline 2023)
Epigyne
(Lecigne et al. 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Rheims & Brescovit 2004)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Mousaid & Bouihouline 2023)
Leg I
(Rheims & Brescovit 2004)
Distribution List
References
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2023) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – first note – on new records of cave spiders. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 44-71
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
Mousaid M, Bouihouline H (2023) First record of Hersilia caudata Savigny, 1825, Tama edwardsi (Lucas, 1846) (Hersiliidae) and Mimetus laevigatus (Keyserling, 1863) (Mimetidae) from Morocco. Serket 19: 391-397
Rheims C A, Brescovit A D (2004) Revision and cladistic analysis of the spider family Hersiliidae (Arachnida, Araneae) with emphasis on Neotropical and Nearctic species. Insect Systematics & Evolution 35: 189-239
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2