Colour: Carapace, chelicerae, sternum and legs yellowish orange, opisthosoma pale grey, nearly whitish, dorsal pattern absent.
Eyes are completely absent. Chelicerae with three promarginal teeth, the middle one the largest; two retromarginal minute teeth. Legs long, Fe I, Ti I and Mt I 1.6 times as long as prosoma; chaetotaxy 2222; position of trichobothrium on Mt I 0.128; trichobothrium on Mt IV absent. Prosoma with several
long setae in the cephalic region. Opisthosoma with some long setae.
Pedipalp: Paracymbium wide, proximal part with seven scattered spines and a protrusion on the front edge, middle part with a strong notch bordered by two teeth, the longer and stouter one pointed outwards, distal part slender and terminally slightly enlarged; suprategular apophysis pointed; lamella characteristica broad, markedly widened distally; terminal apophyses broad at its base then tapered, apically curved and directed outwards.
Body length male: 2.25 mmJan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
"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.
Barrientos J A, Brañas N, Mederos J (2020a) The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42: 1-29
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2023) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – first note – on new records of cave spiders. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 44-71
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