Prosoma 1 mm long. Characters as in female.
Body length male: 2.5 mmEpigyne wider than long, with a S-shaped structure on each side. Prosoma dark brown, darker on margin, 1.2 mm long. Sternum dark brown. Legs light, with blackisch annulations. Opisthosoma with dark and light blotches, dorsally with a median band, bordered with dark blotches, ventrally blackish, with 2 light blotches near spinnerets.
Body length female: 3.5 mmIn leaf litter, under stones, in pine forest and shrubs on dry slopes. Altitude up to 1400 m.
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"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.
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