Civizelotes solstitialis (Levy, 1998)
Description
Male
Resembles C. caucasius, but larger. Deep brown to black, with black scutum. Chelicerae with 4-5 promarginal teeth. Palp: No prolateral tegular apophysis, retrolateral tip of the embolar base is more pronounced and the embolus itself is longer, reaching almost to the tip of the cymbium. The tibial apophysis has an additional broad, ventral lobe. Prosoma length: 2.6-3.2 mm, prosoma width: 1.9-2.3 mm.
Body length male: 5.4-7 mmFemale
Resembles C. caucasius, but larger. Epigyne: Relatively very large with light, swollen, slightly widened, heart-shaped platelet placed under anterior transverse rim. Small gland on the lateral side of each dorsal pouch. Prosoma length: 2.6-3.1 mm, prosoma width: 1.9-2.4 mm.
Body length female: 5.8-8.3 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Deltshev et al. 2004)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev et al. 2004)
Epigyne
(Deltshev et al. 2004)
Epigyne
(Caria et al. 2021)
Epigyne
(Zamani et al. 2025b)
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) 
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
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
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
Caria M, Pantini P, Alamanni F, Ancona C, Cillo D, Bazzato E (2021) New records and interesting data for the Sardinian spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 53: 321-331
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
Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Blagoev G (2004) Spiders (Araneae) from the eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). In Beron, P. & A. Popov (eds.) Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft, Sofia, pp. 181-188
Senglet A (2012) Civizelotes new genus, and other new or little known Zelotinae (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 119: 501-528
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani, A., Nuruyeva, T., Snegovaya, N., Freyhof, J., Mustafayev, N. & Marusik, Y. M (2025b) New records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Azerbaijan, including the first record of Nephilidae from the Western Palaearctic. Arachnology 20: 132-137