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Carpathonesticus racovitzai

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Carpathonesticus racovitzai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Nesticidae
Genus: Carpathonesticus
Species:
C. racovitzai
Binomial name
Carpathonesticus racovitzai
(Dumitrescu, 1980)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nesticus racovitzai Dumitrescu, 1980[1]

Carpathonesticus racovitzai is an araneomorph spider species of the family Nesticidae.[1] It occurs in Romania,[1] where it can be found both in caves and outdoors.[2] It was transferred from the genus Nesticus to Carpathonesticus in 1982 by Weiss and Heimer.[1]

Description

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Females have an unpatterned prosoma with a reddish yellow sternum and appendages. The prosoma length is 2.3 mm. The eyes are ringed brown. The opisthosoma is unpatterned.[2] Males have a prosoma length of 2.2 mm. The eyes are ringed blackish brown.[2]

Original publication

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Dumitrescu, M. (1980). "La monographie des représentants du genre Nesticus des grottes de Roumanie, IIe note". Travaux de l'Institut de Spéologie "Émile Racovitza". 19: 77–101.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Carpathonesticus racovitzai | NMBE - World Spider Catalog". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Carpathonesticus racovitzai - araneae". Retrieved 13 February 2017.