Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Anatolidion  Wunderlich, 2008   1 species

Anatolidion gentile  (Simon, 1881)

Description
Male

Palp: yellow, tarsus and bulb blackish, very large, as long as prosoma. Bulb: median apophysis small and hidden, theridiid tegular apophysis and conductor large, embolus long and coiled, its distal part enclosed by the conductor. Prosoma reddish-brown, darker in front, 0.7-0.9 mm long, as wide as long. Sternum reddish-brown, often with a thin black borderline. Eyes: medians almost equal, median ocular quadrangle as wide as long, wider in front. Chelicerae: promargin with one tooth. Legs uniform brownish, tibia I and II with 2 bristles, tibia III with one bristle, tibia IV probably with only one bristle, metatarsus with a long dorsal bristle, metatarsus I, II and III with trichobothria. Opisthosoma greyish or blackish, mottled with white dots, epigastric region black, spinnerets ringed with black. Opisthosoma egg-shaped, covered with scarce long hairs, epigastric area not bulging.

Body length male: 2-2.5 mm
Female

Epigyne: atrium small, superficial, transverse, with a straight margin behind. Prosoma brownish, darker on cephalic part, with a black borderline. Prosoma 0.8-0.9 mm long, as wide as long. Sternum dark red-brown. Legs brownish, tibia with an apical blackish annulation, sometimes entirely brownish, other segments uniformly coloured. Opisthosoma brownish, dorsally with 2 series of 3 whitish blotches, and posteriorly with a whitish irregular median band, ventrally entirely light brownish.

Body length female: 2.2-2.5 mm
Additional information

In marshes and among tall grass.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Morocco, Algeria, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine
Phenology
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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.

Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| France   (Oger et al., 2017) ||| France / Corsica   (no references) ||| Greece   (no references) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Dentici, 2022) ||| Morocco   (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2014) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024) ||| Ukraine   (Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015b) |||
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 pdf

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Dentici A (2022) Araneofauna (Arachnida Araneae) of Mount Pellegrino (Sicily, Italy). Fourth contribution to knowledge of the Sicilian spider fauna. Biodiversity Journal 13: 641-650 pdf

Knoflach B, Rollard C, Thaler K (2009b) Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) - II. ZooKeys 16: 227-264 pdf

Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267 pdf

Kovblyuk M M, Kastrygina Z A (2015b) Updated catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Crimea. Ukainska Entomofaunistyka 6(2): 1-81 pdf

Lecigne S (2017) Contribution a la connaissance de l’araneofaune (Araneae) de l’Algarve (Portugal). Description de Theridion bernardi n.sp. (Araneae: Theridiidae) et redécouverte d’Ozyptila perplexa Simon, 1875 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 31: 25-48 pdf

Oger P, Danflous S, Van Keer J (2017) Découverte en France continentale d'Anatolidion gentile (Simon, 1881) (Araneae: Theridiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 4: 9-10 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Sánchez I, Bosmans R (2017) Novedades aracnológicas para la Provincia de Cádiz (S de España). Revista de la Sociedad Gaditana de Historia Natural 11: 33-52 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (2021) Few new, rare or special species of spiders from the Algarve, Portugal (Arachnida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 14: 3-24 pdf

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