Synaphosus palearcticus Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994
Description
Tibial apophysis retrolaterally with hook. Embolus long, thread-like, with pointed process on retrolateral base. Epigyne anteriorly with depression. Vulva with strongly convoluted receptacula.
Body length male: 3.1 mmBody length female: 4.15 mm
Additional information
On Crete in Phrygana
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)
Pedipalp
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1994)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1994)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1994)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seropian et al. 2024c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2024c)
Epigyne
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)
Epigyne
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1994)
Vulva
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)
Vulva
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1994)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Seropian et al. 2024c)
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, 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 
Chatzaki M, Thaler K, Mylonas M (2002b) Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae, Araneae) of Crete and adjacent areas of Greece. Taxonomy and distribution. II. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109: 603-633
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
Kovblyuk M M, Gnelitsa V A, Nadolny A A, Kastrygina Z A, Kukushkin, O V (2016) Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Karadag Nature Reserve (Crimea). Ekosystemy 3(33): 3-288
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Ovtsharenko V I, Levy G, Platnick N I (1994) A review of the ground spider genus Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 3095: 1-27
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Ponomarev A V, Belosludtsev E A, Dvadnenko K V (2008) Spiders (Aranei) of the lower Volga region (Astrakhan and Volgograd areas of Russia) with the description of new taxa. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 4: 163-185
Seropian A, Bulbulashvili N, Makharadze G, Baznikin A (2024c) New and interesting spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Vashlovani National Park and Chachuna Managed Reserve (Georgia). Caucasiana 3: 183-213
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