Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Euryopis  Menge, 1868   16 species

Euryopis saukea  Levi, 1951

Description

Cymbium distally with pointed process. Conductor pointed. Epigyne with ± circular epigynal groove. 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 mm
Body length female: 2.4-2.9 mm
Additional information

Amongst grass and under stones in warm, sunny places, North American species, brought to Europe

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
Phenology
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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.

Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Estonia   (no references) ||| France   (no references) ||| Germany   (no references) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Eastern   (no references) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022; Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Slovakia   (no references) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

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 pdf

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin pdf

Miller F (1963) Tschechoslowakische Spinnenarten aus der Gattung Euryopis Menge (Araneae, Theridiidae). Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické 60: 341-348 pdf

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 pdf

Oger P, Picard J (2016) Découverte en France d'Euryopis saukea Levi, 1951 (Araneae, Theridiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 3: 9-10 pdf

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 pdf

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 pdf

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. pdf

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 pdf

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 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
09-04-2019 Distribution update Detail
18-01-2017 Image insert
23-10-2016 Distribution update Detail
06-05-2014 Image insert
10-09-2013 Image insert