Euryopis saukea Levi, 1951
Description
Male
Cymbium distally with pointed process. Conductor pointed. Prosoma dark grey-brown with black margin. Sternum black. Chelicerae dark brown. Legs black. Femur sometimes with brighter bands and rings. Tarsus whitish. Opisthosoma black, dorsally with silver spots in anterior half, which can also merge into stripes.
Body length male: 2.4-2.9 mmFemale
Epigyne with ± circular epigynal groove.
Body length female: 2.4-2.9 mmAdditional information
Amongst grass and under stones in warm, sunny places.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Miller 1963)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Miller 1963)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Oger & Picard 2016)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Oger & Picard 2016)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Miller 1963)
Vulva
(Miller 1963)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Ponomarev 2005a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Ponomarev 2005a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Ponomarev 2005a)
Habitus
(Miller 1963)
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
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Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1995) Remarks on the Ural spider fauna, 4. New records of spider species (excluding Linyphiidae) from the Urals (Arachnida Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 4(1): 71-91
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp.
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Miller F (1963) Tschechoslowakische Spinnenarten aus der Gattung Euryopis Menge (Araneae, Theridiidae). Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické 60: 341-348
Nuruyeva T V (2017) The fauna of soil-dwelling spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) in forest stands of dry-steppe lowmountains of Gobustan, Azerbaijan. Euroasian Entomological Journal 16: 306-310
Oger P, Picard J (2016) Découverte en France d'Euryopis saukea Levi, 1951 (Araneae, Theridiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 3: 9-10
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2005a) New and interesting finds of spiders (Aranei) in the southeast of Europe. Vestnik Yuzhnogo Nauchnogo Tsentra Rossijskaja Akademija Nauk, Rostov 1(4): 43-50
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2