Fageiella ensiger Deeleman-Reinhold, 1974
Description
Male
Prosoma orange. Opisthosoma light grey with black and grey pattern. Legs very long. Chelicerae only moderately enlarged, with one large bifid or trifid tooth and 1-2 small teeth in the posterior row. Distal margin of the male palpal patella not incised, membranous radical appendage ensiform, lamella fan-shaped. Prosoma length: 1.9 mm, prosoma width: 1.4 mm.
Female
Coloration as in male. Epigyne constricted in the proximal third of the length of the scape. Prosoma length: 1.5 mm, prosoma width: 1.3 mm.
Additional information
Troglophile, not in inner parts of caves but in zone of twilight.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 1988b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deltshev 1988b)
Embolic division
(Deltshev 1988b)
Chelicera
(Deltshev 1988b)
Epigyne/vulva, dorsal view
(Deltshev 1988b)
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
Deltshev C D (1988b) The genus Fageiella Kratochvil and the genus Antrohyphantes Dumitresco (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Lepthyphanteae) in the caves of Balkan Peninsula. In Haupt, J. (ed.), XI Europäisches Arachnologisches Colloquium. Technische Universität Berlin Dokumentation Kongresse und Tagungen 38: 293-302 
Deltshev C D (2008b) Faunistic diversity and zoogeography of cave-dwelling spiders on the Balkan Peninsula. p. 327-348. In: Makarov S E & Dimitrijevic R N (Eds): Advances in arachnology and developmental biology. Papers dedicated to Prof. Dr. Božidar Curcic. Monographs 12. 517 pp.
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
Naumova M, Lazarov S, Deltshev C (2019a) Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 22: 50-89
Vrenozi B, Jäger P (2013) Spiders (Araneae) from Albania and Kosovo in the collection of Carl Friedrich Roewer. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 46: 17-26
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