Neon robustus Lohmander, 1945
Description
Male palp: embolic area provided with thorn, tapering toward base of embolus. Prosoma yellow-brown, with thin radial stripes in posterior part, eye region darker. Chelicerae yellowish. Legs yellowish, darkened on femora, tibiae and metatarsi I and II. Tarsus pale yellow. Opisthosoma dorsally yellow-brown with chevrons consisting of bright spots, ventrally dark brown with bright spots. Spinnerets pale yellow.
Body length male: 2.5-2.8 mmBody length female: 2.5-3.2 mm
Additional information
On rocky slopes
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Snazell et al. 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Prószyński 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Snazell et al. 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tullgren 1946)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Prószyński 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tullgren 1946)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Lohmander 1945)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lohmander 1945)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2008g)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Méndez 2024)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Méndez 2024)
Embolus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Part of embolus
(Prószyński 1991)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Snazell et al. 1999)
Epigyne
(Tullgren 1946)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Prószyński 1991)
Vulva
(Snazell et al. 1999)
Vulva
(Lohmander 1945)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Aakra K, Morka G H, Antonson A, Farlund M, Wrånes R E, Frølandshagen R, Løvbrekke H, Furuseth P, Fjellberg A, Lemke M, Pfliegler W P, Andersen S, Olsen K M, Aadland B, Berggren K (2016) Spiders new to Norway (Arachnida, Araneae) with ecological, taxonomical and faunistic comments. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 6-43 
Biteniekytė M, Rėlys V (2012) The checklist of Lithuanian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Biologija 57: 148-158
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Farlund M (2019) Norwegian Spiders - Norske edderkopper. Siste oppdatering for funn av nye arter 10. oktober, 2019. Online at http://crocea.wordpress.com/norsk-artsliste/
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lohmander H (1945) Arachnologische Fragmente 3. Die Salticiden-Gattung Neon Simon in Südschweden. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar (6) 3B(9): 31-75
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Méndez Ó (2024) Diez nuevos registros aracnológicos para Cataluña incluyendo la descripción de dos nuevas especies (Araneae: Salticidae, Theridiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 45: 75-82
Prószyński J (1991) in Heimer S, Nentwig W: Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Parey Hamburg
Schikora H-B (2015) Die Webspinnen des Nationalparks Harz. Schriftenreihe aus dem Nationalpark Harz 13: 1-371
Snazell R, Jonsson L J, Stewart J A (1999) Neon robustus Lohmander (Araneae: Salticidae), a fennoscandian spider found in Scottland an Ireland. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 251-254
Tullgren A (1946) Svensk spindelfauna. 3. Egentiliga spinddlar. Araneae Fam 5-7. Clubionidae, Zoridae och Gnaphosidae. Stockholm (Entomol Fören.): 141 pp.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (2008g) On the identification and taxonomy of the central European jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the tribus Euophrydini, with special reference to Talavera. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5: 720-735, 868
Updates
| 15-01-2025 | Image insert | |
| 06-07-2022 | Image insert | |
| 06-07-2022 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 21-05-2020 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 03-05-2018 | Image insert | |
| 15-03-2017 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 15-03-2017 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 14-03-2017 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 26-02-2014 | Distribution update | Detail |