''Carpathonesticus paraavrigensis'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...

spider of the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Nesticidae Scaffold web spiders (Nesticidae) is a family of araneomorph spiders closely allied with tangle web spiders. Like the "Theridiidae", these spiders have a comb of serrated bristles on the hind tarsi that are used to pull silk bands from the spinne ...

. It occurs in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

, where it was discovered in a narrow gorge, on the overhanging side.

Description

No male specimens have yet been described. Female specimens resemble ''

Carpathonesticus avrigensis ''Carpathonesticus avrigensis'' is a species of araneomorph spider of the family Nesticidae. It occurs in Romania, where it was discovered in a cave. Only two specimens, a male and a female, are known. Description In both sexes, the prosoma is ...

'', from which it can be distinguished by the

epigyne The epigyne or epigynum is the external genital structure of female spiders. As the epigyne varies greatly in form in different species, even in closely related ones, it often provides the most distinctive characteristic for recognizing species. ...

. The colouring and patterning is similar to that of other ''Carpathonesticus'' species. The

prosoma The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...

has a length of 2.6 mm; the full body-length is 6.2 mm.

Original publication

References

Nesticidae Spiders described in 1982 Spiders of Europe {{Araneomorphae-stub