Stemonyphantes abantensis Wunderlich, 1978
Description
Male
Prosoma yellow-brown. Prosoma length: 2.0 mm. Sternum suffused with grey. Legs light brown, all femora with two dorsal spines, tibiae with indistinct dark grey annulation, TmI 0.57. Opisthosoma light grey, dorsum with dark grey longitudinal band, venter dark grey, anterior to spinnerets with a light grey transverse band.
Body length male: 4.0-5.0 mmFemale
Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 2.2 mm. All femora with two dorsal spines.
Body length female: 4.5-6.0 mmAdditional information
1200-1300 m a.s.l.
Genitalia of S. abantensis and S. agnatus are very similar, with only small differences in radix and embolus of the male palpus; differences between the vulvae of the females are more pronounced. Dorsal spination of the femora is given as a good character by Tanasevitch (1990, see above), but material from Georgia exhibits one as well as two spines in one specimen (Otto, pers. comm.).
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1978)
Pedipalp, expanded, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1978)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 1978)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1978)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 1978)
Embolus
(Tanasevitch 1990)
Embolic division
(Tanasevitch 1990)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1978)
Chelicera, frontal view
(Wunderlich 1978)
Metatarsus and tarsus I, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1978)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1978)
Vulva
(Tanasevitch 1990)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1978)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1978)
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
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 
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Tanasevitch A V (1990) The spider family Linyphiidae in the fauna of the Caucasus (Arachnida, Aranei). In: Striganova B R (ed.), Fauna nazemnykh bespozvonochnykh Kavkaza. Moscow, Akaedemia Nauk, pp. 5-114
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
Wunderlich J (1978) Die Gattungen Stemonyphantes Menge 1866 und Narcissius Jermolajew 1930, mit zwei Neubeschreibungen (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59: 125-132
Updates
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