Phoroncidia paradoxa (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Male
Prosoma yellow-brown, 0.6 mm long. Sternum yellow-brown. Opisthosoma yellow-brown, almost white ventrally.
Body length male: 1.3-1.5 mmFemale
Prosoma red-brown, with thin black borderline, or uniform black. Prosoma 0.8 mm long. Eyes: AME same size as PME. Legs brown, annulated.
Body length female: 2.0 mmAdditional information
In holm oak forests, garrigue, heathlands and in bush layer.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Embolar base
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Palpal apophysis
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Leg IV, anterior view
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Opisthosoma, frontal view
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Habitus, lateral view
(Vanuytven 1991)
Habitus
(Vanuytven 1991)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Habitus, lateral view
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Epigyne
(Vanuytven 1991)
Vulva
(Vanuytven 1991)
Leg IV, anterior view
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Habitus, lateral view
(Vanuytven 1991)
Habitus
(Bosselaers unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Habitus, lateral view
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Bosselaers J (unpubl.)
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Hänggi A, Stäubli A, Heer X, Trivellone V, Pollini Paltrinieri L, Moretti M (2014) Eleven new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) for Switzerland discovered in vineyards in Ticino - What are possible reasons? Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 87: 215-228
Kunt K B, Kaya R S, Özkütük R S, Danişman T, Yağmur E A, Elverici M (2012) Additional notes on the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 36: 637-651
Kuralt Ž, Pajek Arambašič N, Ferle M, Kostanjšek R (2024) A contribution to the Slovenian spider fauna – V. Natura Sloveniae 26: 29-42
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522
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].
Otto S, Japoshvili G (2018) The spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Lagodekhi Reserve, Georgia: faunistic results of a transect study and an updated checklist. Arachnology 17: 375-391
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
Thaler K, Noflatscher M-T (1990) Neue und bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Südtirol (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 69: 169-190
Vanuytven H (1991) A redescription of Phoroncidia paradoxa (Lucas, 1846) (Araneae: Theridiidae). Phegea 19: 103-105
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