Kryptonesticus henderickxi (Bosselaers, 1998)
Description
Male
Prosoma 1 mm long. Characters as in female.
Body length male: 2.1 mmFemale
Prosoma whitish, cephalic part with some dark grey hairs. Prosoma 1.2 mm long. Sternum white, covered with sparse, dark grey hairs. Eyes absent. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on promargin, 3 comb-shaped setae on a bulge near base of fang. Opisthosoma pale yellowish grey, covered with sparse, greyish hairs.
Body length female: 3 mmAdditional information
In limestone cave.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosselaers 1998)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosselaers 1998)
Habitus
(Bosselaers 1998)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers 1998)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Bosselaers 1998)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Bosselaers 1998)
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.
References
Bosselaers J (1998) Nesticus henderickxi (Araneae, Nesticidae), a new blind troglobitic spider from Crete. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 9-14 
Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522
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
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2