Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Neospintharus  Exline, 1950   1 species

Neospintharus syriacus  (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Description
Male

Prosoma: cephalic part with 2 protuberances not bearing the median eyes. Colouration of body, shape of opisthosoma as in female.

Body length male: 2.4-4.6 mm
Female

Prosoma red-brown to black. Legs yellowish, with some brown bands. Opisthosoma brown to black, mottled with silver, or silvery with black lines. Opisthosoma triangular in profile, posteriorly with 4 short projections.

Body length female: 3.7-5.3 mm
Additional information

In Pinus forests, maquis, Cytisus on slope.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel
Phenology
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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.

Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Greece   (Knoflach-Thaler et al., 2008; Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Greece / Crete   (Knoflach-Thaler et al., 2008; Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024a) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

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

Knoflach-Thaler B, Van Keer J, Askins M, Russell-Smith T (2008) Neospintharus syriacus – a widespread species in the Eastern Mediterranean? Newsletter of the British arachnological Society 113: 9 pdf

Levy G (1998b) Araneae: Theridiidae. In Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem. , 228 pp. pdf

Vanuytven H (2023) A new species of the genus Deelemanella (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Papua New Guinea. Acta Arachnologica 72: 87-90 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

Updates
10-12-2023 Image insert
10-11-2022 Distribution update Detail
10-11-2022 Distribution insert Detail
04-06-2013 Image insert