Pseudicius vankeeri Metzner, 1999
Description
Male
Prosoma length: 1.90 mm, prosoma width: 1.33 mm. Prosoma yellowish brownish, covered with white adpressed scales, 2 white marginal bands, eyes surrounded with black. Clypeus densely covered with white hairs. Maxillae, labium and chelicerae brown. Sternum yellow, tinged with brown. Leg I stronger and darker, brown to dark brown. Legs II-IV light brown, with yellow spots. Opisthosoma: dorsum yellow with 3 longitudinal stripes of brown scales and an irregular pattern of brownish patches and broken transverse stripes, venter greyish yellow. Spinnerets yellow-brown.
Body length male: 4.3 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 2.45 mm, prosoma width: 1.65 mm. Colouration as in males, except: prosoma without white marginal bands. Opisthosoma: dorsum without longitudinal stripes, but a group of 5 dark spots at the posterior end, venter yellow. All legs and palps yellow.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov 2009a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov 2009a)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Logunov 2009a)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov 2009a)
Epigyne
(Schäfer 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Logunov 2009a)
Spermatheca
(Prószyński 2003)
Habitus, lateral view
(Prószyński 2003)
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
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 
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Logunov D V (2009a) New and poorly known species of Salticidae (Araneae) from Turkey and Iran. Contributions to Natural History 12: 899-919
Logunov D V (2013b) On a small spider collection from Cyprus (Arachnida: Araneae). Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 127: 4-5
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
Prószyński J (2003) Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 1-180
Schäfer M (2024) Zur Springspinnenfauna (Araneae: Salticidae) der griechischen Dodekanes-Insel Rhodos, mit der Erstbeschreibung des Weibchens von Pseudeuophrys rhodiensis und dem ersten Nachweis von Evarcha nepos für Griechenland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 68: 10-17
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2