Telema tenella

Telema tenella
	Telema tenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Telemidae
Genus:	Telema
Species:	T. tenella
Binomial name
	Telema tenella; Simon, 1882

Telema tenella is a species of spider in the family Telemidae. The species is endemic to the eastern Pyrénées between Spain and France. For the fist time in Spiders, A.Lopez discovered histologically (1976,1977) the use of spermatophora by Telema and Apneumonella

Description

Telema tenella has a length of about 1.5 to 2 mm. Being cave-dwelling, it is eyeless. It is also lungless. This spider can live up to sixteen years old, including twelve years as an adult.

Distribution

Telema tenella is found in the caves of the eastern Pyrénées. In France, it can be found in Pyrénées-Orientales around the Canigou, in Montferrer and La Preste. In Spain, it is found in the province of Girona.

References

1 2 (in French) Entoflorachne, description de l'espèce Telema tenella par André Lopez-Moncet
1 2 Cárdenas, Fabricio (2014). 66 petites histoires du Pays Catalan [66 Little Stories of Catalan Country] (in French). Perpignan: Ultima Necat. ISBN 978-2-36771-006-8.

External links

"Telema tenella". The Encyclopedia of Life.

[entoflorachne-1] 1 2 (in French) Entoflorachne, description de l'espèce Telema tenella par André Lopez-Moncet

[phpc-2] 1 2 Cárdenas, Fabricio (2014). 66 petites histoires du Pays Catalan [66 Little Stories of Catalan Country] (in French). Perpignan: Ultima Necat. ISBN 978-2-36771-006-8.