Callobius balcanicus (Drensky, 1940)
Description
Male
The male of Callobius balcanicus resembles C. claustrarius in having the similar conductor, distal embolus, and massive tegular apophysis but can be distinguished by the bigger palp, bigger and different kind of tegular apophysis (much more hook formed by C. claustrarius) and longer and slightly twisted prolateral tibial apophysis in C. balcanicus.
prosoma length: 3.9 mm, prosoma width: 2.9 mm.
Body length male: 8-9 mmFemale
The female can be easily recognized by the longer epigynal and tapering lateral lobes in C. balcanicus. Vulva with big elliptical receptacles.
prosoma length: 4.5 mm, prosoma width: 3.0 mm.
Body length female: 10-12 mmDistribution
Figures
Habitus, dorsal view
(Drensky 1940)
Pedipalp
(Drensky 1940)
Epigyne
(Drensky 1940)
Epigyne
(Drensky 1940)
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
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Drensky P (1940) Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens IV. Mitteilungen aus den Königlichen Naturwissenschaftlichen Instituten in Sofia 13: 169-194
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
| 09-05-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 26-03-2015 | Image insert |