Palliduphantes istrianus (Kulczyński, 1914)
Description
Male
Prosoma yellow, eyes surrounded by black strip, clypeus concave, chelicerae with 5 denticles on pro- and 3 teeth on retromargin. Legs yellowish. Palp: paracymbium big and characteristic, terminal apophyses wide and serrated, lamella forked with both branches well-developed and diverging.
Prosoma length: 0.9 mm, prosoma width: 0.6 mm.
Body length male: 1.6-1.83 mmFemale
Colouration as in male.
Prosoma length: 0.9 mm, prosoma width: 0.7 mm.
Body length female: 1.5-2.07 mmAdditional information
In caves.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Polenec & Thaler 1980)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Paracymbium
(Polenec & Thaler 1980)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Polenec & Thaler 1980)
Epigyne/vulva
(Polenec & Thaler 1980)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Brignoli 1971d)
Epigyne
(Brignoli 1971d)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1971d)
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, Trotta A (2021) On two rare Italian Palliduphantes, including the description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 53: 9-12
Brignoli P M (1971d) Note su ragni cavernicoli italiani (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 7: 121-229
Komnenov M (2010) Checklist of spiders (Araneae) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Uzizaž i Biospeld 5(2009): 52-69
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
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
Mikhailov K G (2022) Progress in the study of the spider fauna (Aranei) of Russia and neighbouring regions: a 2020 update. Invertebrate Zoology 19: 295-304, Supplements 1.01-1.15, 2.01-2.24.
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Polenec A, Thaler K (1980) Zwei wenig bekannte Deckennetzspinnen Südost-Europas: Centromerus vindobonensis Kulczynski und Leptyphantes istrianus Kulczynski (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 61: 103-111
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
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