Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Attulus  Simon, 1889   23 species

Attulus saltator (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1868)

Description

Palp male: dorsally unicoloured, with white bristles. Tibia of palpal moderately thickened. Epigyne with 2 small, anteriorly open grooves indicated by broad elevation in anterior part of epigyne. Prosoma red-brown to black, margined with white hairs and with fine white median line. Legs red-brown, distinctly annulated. Opisthosoma very dark, anteriorly with bright transverse band, posteriorly with 2 large spots and an unpaired spot above spinnerets.

Body length male: 3.0-4.0 mm
Body length female: 3.0-4.0 mm
Additional information

In scarce vegetation on sandy ground, in steppe meadow and in forest edges

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, Turkey, Georgia, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
Phenology
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Distribution List
Albania   (Naumova, 2020) ||| Armenia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Austria   (Malicky, 1972b) ||| Azerbaijan  Removed (Nuruyeva & Zamani, 2025) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Croatia   (Milosevic, 2002) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (Scharff & Gudik-Sørensen, 2006) ||| Estonia   (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Georgia   (Seropian et al., 2023b) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Greece   (Buchholz, 2013) ||| Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Latvia   (Cera, 2018; Cera & Spuņģis, 2008) ||| Lithuania   (Biteniekytė & Rėlys, 2012) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2006) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Russia, Central   (Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (no references) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022; Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Spain   (Domènech et al., 2021) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Logunov, 2015; Danışman et al., 2025a) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
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