Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Pseudicius  Simon, 1885   11 species

Pseudicius courtauldi Bristowe, 1935

Description
Male

Prosoma brown, densely covered with white hairs, black around the eyes. Prosoma length: 2.08-2.75 mm. Chelicerae brown. Sternum orange-brown. Leg I brown, legs II-IV yellow or orange. Opisthosoma: dorsum with brown markings composed of 2 pairs of wide longitudinal bands and a lancet-like spot on anterior part, with Scutum, venter yellow to yellow-orange.

Female

Colouration as in males, except leg I less contrastingly coloured compared to the other legs, legs II-IV with brownish rings, femora II-IV brownish. Prosoma length: 2.35 mm.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China
Figures
Distribution List
Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) |||
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 pdf

Logunov D V (1993) Notes on two salticid collections from China (Araneae Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 2(1): 49-59 pdf

Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
07-11-2025 Distribution update Detail
08-01-2015 Image insert