Phrurolithus szilyi Herman, 1879
Description
Tibial apophysis with somewhat marked off tip. Bulbus with broad and roundish distal apophysis. Epigyne with large median groove, indented on anterior margin. Prosoma dark brown. Legs dark brown, distally brighter. Trochanter, femur and palpal strikingly darker. Opisthosoma dark brown, with bright spots on dark ground.
Body length male: 1.9-2.3 mmBody length female: 2.2-2.6 mm
Additional information
In dry meadows
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Miller 1971)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1967)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2012)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne 2012)
Pedipalp, dorso-retrolateral view
(Komnenov et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Komnenov et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Komnenov et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Komnenov et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Breitling 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Grimm 1986)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grimm 1986)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Hernández-Corral et al. 2025)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Hernández-Corral et al. 2025)
Tibial apophysis
(Sterghiu 1985)
Epigyne
(Sterghiu 1985)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Komnenov et al. 2016)
Epigyne
(Grimm 1986)
Epigyne
(Hernández-Corral et al. 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1967)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Komnenov et al. 2016)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grimm 1986)
Leg I, ventral view
(Hernández-Corral et al. 2025)
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
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) 
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Breitling R (2018) Eric Duffey's spider collection in the Manchester Museum – an update. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 141: 5-9
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Febrer J B, Barrientos J A (2021) Arañas (Araneae) de Menorca (Islas Baleares, España), 4. Estudio del encinar de Alfurí y nuevos datos. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 38: 109-120
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Geci D, Naumova M (2021b) A preliminary checklist of the spiders of Kosovo (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologia Balkanica, Special Edition 4: 11-28
Grbić G, Hänggi A, Savić D (2015) New faunistic records of spiders (Arachnida, Areneae [sic]) from the Fruška Gora mountain, northern Serbia. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 67: 479-486
Grimm U (1986) Die Clubionidae Mitteleuropas: Corinninae und Liocranidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 27: 1-91
Hernández-Corral J, Barrientos J A, García-Teba J P (2025) Nuevos datos sobre las arañas (Arachnida: Araneae) del Parc Natural del Carrascal de la Font Roja (Alicante, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 46: 51-75
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Komnenov M, Pitta E, Zografou K, Chatzaki M (2016) Discovering the still unexplored arachnofauna of the National Park of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli, NE Greece: a taxonomic review with description of new species. Zootaxa 4096: 1-66
Lecigne S (2012) Inventaire aranéologique (Arachnida, Araneae) dans la ville d’Estepona (Malaga, Espagne). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 21: 161-167
Miller F (1971) Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306
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
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Sterghiu C (1985) Fam. Clubionidae. Fauna Republicii Socialiste România (Arachnida) 5 (4): 1-168
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
Wiehle H (1967) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Spinnenfauna V. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 1-36
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2