Carpathonesticus zaitzevi

Carpathonesticus zaitzevi is an araneomorph spider species of the family Nesticidae that occurs in Georgia.[2][1] It was transferred from the genus Nesticus to Carpathonesticus in 1996.[1][3]

Carpathonesticus zaitzevi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Nesticidae
Genus: Carpathonesticus
Species:
C. zaitzevi
Binomial name
Carpathonesticus zaitzevi
(Charitonov, 1939)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nesticus zaitzevi Charitonov, 1939[1]

Description

Female specimens of C. zaitzevi have an orange-yellow prosoma with a length of 1.9–2.55 mm. The cephalic part of the prosoma is shining. The sternum is orange-yellow and sparsely covered with short and long setae. The opisthosoma is covered with grey setae. The dorsum has two triangular marks, or occasionally five pairs of marks. In some cases, the marks are absent.[2]

Male specimens have a prosoma length of 1.8–2.3 mm. Males are coloured like females, but the opisthosomal markings are more pronounced.[2]

Original publication

Charitonov, D.E. (1939). "On the cave spiders of Abkhasia". Académie des Sciences l'URSS, Filiale Géorgienne, Section de Zoologie: 197–210.

References
  1. "Carpathonesticus spelaeus | NMBE - World Spider Catalog". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. "Carpathonesticus spelaeus - araneae". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. Mikhailov, K.G. (1996). "A checklist of the spiders of Russia and other territories of the former USSR" (PDF). Arthropoda Selecta. 5 (1–2): 80. Retrieved 13 February 2017.


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