Persiscape gideoni (Levy, 1996)
Description
Male
Palpal sclerit with mebranous outgrowth. Conductor broad.
Prosoma reddish-yellow, with two broad dark grey submarginal bands and thin grey margin. Labium brown. Maxillae brownish-yellow. Sternum greyish-brown with yellow median stripe. Chelicerae reddish-brown. Legs reddish-brown with obscure darkenings on femora. Opisthosoma light yellowish-grey, dorsum with anterior median lanceolate spot and 2 dark grey lateral bands, venter with a darkened rectangualr field between epigastric furrow and spinnerets. Basal segments of anterior spinnerets grey, other spinnerets yellow.
Body length male: 8.55 mmFemale
Epigyne rather small; Scapus transparent.
Colouration similar to that in males, except opisthosoma with paler lanceolate spot and lateral bands and vantral rectangular field less pronounced.
Body length female: 6.9-11.2 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1978a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Guseinov et al. 2005)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1996)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1996)
Tip of bulbus, prolateral view
(Guseinov et al. 2005)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Brignoli 1978a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Guseinov et al. 2005)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Guseinov et al. 2005)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1996)
Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1978a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Guseinov et al. 2005)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1996)
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
Brignoli P M (1978a) Ragni di Turchia V. Specie nuove o interesanti, cavernicole ed epigee, di varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 85: 461-541 
Demir H, Seyyar O, Türker H, Koçyiğit H O, Öner H (2015) The spider fauna of Melendiz Mountains, Niğde, Turkey. Serket 14: 146-166
Guseinov E F, Marusik Y M, Koponen S (2005) Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Azerbaijan 5. Faunistic review of the funnel-web spiders (Agelenidae) with the description of a new genus and species. Arthropoda Selecta 14: 153-177
Levy G (1996) The agelenid funnel-weaver family and the spider genus Cedicus in Israel (Araneae, Agelenidae and Cybaeidae). Zoologica Scripta 25: 85-122
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
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
Zarikian N A, Propistsova E A, Marusik Y M (2022) On spider families (Arachnida: Araneae) new to Armenia. Israel Journal of Entomology 51: 103-117