Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Robertus  O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879   18 species

Robertus mazaurici  (Simon, 1901)

Description
Body length male: 3 mm
Female

Prosoma light brownish. Eyes small, AME subcontiguous, AME at least 3 diameters from ALE, and one diameter from PME. Chelicerae: each margin with only one tooth. Opisthosoma whitish.

Body length female: 3-4 mm
Additional information

Usually in caves, also in mines, sometimes outdoor, under stones in forests. Altitude up to 1250 m.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain, France, Switzerland
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Figures
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.

France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Spain   (Domènech et al., 2023) ||| Switzerland   (Loria, 2023) |||
References

Domènech M, Méndez Ó, Espigulé-Pons J, Carbonell R, Pinilla-Rosa M (2023) Nuevas citas aracnológicas (Araneae) en Cataluña (NE de la Península Ibérica). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 42: 159-166 pdf

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 pdf

Knoflach B, Thaler K (2000) Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae)-I. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 78: 411-442 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Loria P (2023) Cinq premières et une deuxième mentions d’araignées pour la Suisse (Araneae). Entomo Helvetica 16: 123-136 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, 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 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 (1976) Zur Kenntnis der mitteleuropäischen Arten der Gattung Enoplognatha Pavesi und Robertus O. Pick. Cambridge Senckenbergiana Biologica 57: 97-112 pdf

Updates
16-08-2023 Image insert
27-07-2023 Distribution insert Detail
05-07-2023 Distribution update Detail
05-07-2023 Distribution insert Detail
24-06-2014 Image insert