Sulcia cretica Fage, 1945
Description
Male
Palp: femur with a long basal spine, followed by a series of 4 or 5 spines on small tubercles, and 4 or 5 strong spines on long tubercles. Prosoma 0.85 mm long. Opisthosoma almost twice as long as high.
Body length male: 2.5-3 mmFemale
Palp: spination variable, femur with 6 long, ventral spines and 5 ventro-lateral spines, tibia with 4 pairs of ventral spines, tarsus with numerous spines. Prosoma and sternum light reddish brown. Eyes: 6, well developed, posteriors slightly less than one diameter from ALE. Chelicerae: promargin with 7 or 8 teeth, retromargin with 5 or 6 teeth. Legs very long. Opisthosoma whitish, ventrally darker.
Body length female: 2.2 mmAdditional information
In caves.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Roewer 1959a)
Palpal femur
(Brignoli 1968b)
Palpal tibia
(Brignoli 1968b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Roewer 1959a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Roewer 1959a)
Vulva, expanded
(Brignoli 1975b)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1975b)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Roewer 1959a)
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
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 
Brignoli P M (1968b) Über griechische Leptonetidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 49: 259-264
Brignoli P M (1975b) Über die Gruppe der Haplogynae (Araneae). Proceedings of the 6th International Arachnological Congress: 33-38
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
Roewer C F (1959a) Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 8(4): 1-47
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
Updates
| 01-04-2014 | Image insert | |
| 15-10-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 14-05-2013 | Image insert |