Pellenes moreanus Metzner, 1999
Description
Male
Prosoma dorsally black-brown, head plate with dark brown hairs and black bristles, light grey band behind prosterior lateral eyes. Opisthosoma dorsally black-brown with distinct white median stripe and lateral white bands. Palp: cymbium with distinct excavation distally, femoral apophysis wide.
Body length male: 3.8-4.2 mmFemale
Prosoma dorsally black-brown, head plate with black bristles, anteriorly and laterally dense bristles, anteriorly and laterally with dense hairs. Opisthosoma dorsally black-brown with light grey equatorial band and light median stripe. Epigyne with strongly sclerotized hood and clearly visible bursae.
Body length female: 4.8-6 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Schäfer 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Schäfer 2020)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Schäfer 2020)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Distribution List
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 
Coşar İ, Danışman T (2014) A new salticid spider record from Turkey (Araneae, Salticidae). Serket 14: 80-82
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
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
Schäfer M (2020) Ein Beitrag zur Springspinnenfauna (Araneae: Salticidae) der griechischen Insel Kreta mit der Erstbeschreibung von Pellenes florii sp. nov. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 72-87
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2