Saitis graecus Kulczyński, 1905
Description
Male
Prosoma dorsally dark brown with black margin, head plate glossy black-brown, medially grey and laterally with light orange hairs. Thoracical area with light median band, which is narrowed posteriorly. Opisthosoma very variable, dorsally dark brown to black with light median band. Palp: beige-brown annulated, cymbium red-brown, distally lighter.
Body length male: 4-4.6 mmFemale
Prosoma dorsally as in male, sides lighter in lower half. Head plate totally orange-brown, light thoracical band extended anteriorly by a white wedge of hairs. Opisthosoma laterally darker, infested by a net-like pattern. Epigyne with two distinctly separated helically sclerotized grooves.
Body length female: 4.5-5.7 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
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) 
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
Vrenozi B, Jäger P (2012) A faunistic study on ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) in the Tirana district, Albania. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 81-87
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
Updates
| 19-07-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |