Prosoma brow or dark brown, lighter hairs forming a median longitudinal strip and both sides appear as dark bands. Sternum brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Legs yellowish-brown, darkly annulated. Opisthosoma covered with yellow or brown hairs, usually with a dark median band.
Body length male: 5.0-7.0 mmPro- and opisthosoma with a dark stripe, lighter between. Opisthosoma dorsally with irregular pattern, ventrally yellowish. Legs yellow, darkly annulated.
Body length female: 6.0-9.0 mmOften close to buildings.
This species of tropical African origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.
"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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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
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