Biology:Carpathonesticus simoni

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Short description: Species of spider

Carpathonesticus simoni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Nesticidae
Genus: Carpathonesticus
Species:
C. simoni
Binomial name
Carpathonesticus simoni
(Fage, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nesticus simoni Fage, 1931[1]

Carpathonesticus simoni is an araneomorph spider species of the family Nesticidae.[1] It occurs in Romania,[1] where it can be found in caves.[2] It was transferred from the genus Nesticus to Carpathonesticus in 1980 by Lehtinen and Saaristo.[1]

Description

The prosoma and appendages are a pale reddish yellow with a very faint pattern; the opisthosoma likewise is very faintly patterned, but also has three pairs of blotches. Prosoma length is 2.4 mm in females and 2.1 mm in males.[2]

Original publication

Fage, L. (1931). "Araneae, 5e série, précédée d'un essai sur l'évolution souterraine et son déterminisme". Biospeologica LV in Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 71: 91–291. 

References

Wikidata ☰ Q577731 entry