Icius congener (Simon, 1871)
Description
Male
Palp: characteristic apex of bulbus and shape of tibial apophysis. Embolus moderately curved and very small, distal portion of bulb much longer than wide.
Body length male: 3.5 mmFemale
Resembles I. hamatus. Epigyne: With indented posterior margin. The anterior margin is marked in correspondence with the large openings of the copulatory ducts. The canals are straight, parallel, widened at the opening that is in line with the canal.
Body length female: 5.2-6.5 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1994)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1994)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1994)
Tip of bulbus
(Alicata & Cantarella 1994)
Tip of tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 2023)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1994)
Epigyne
(Simon 1937)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1994)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1994)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1994)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1994)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1994)
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
Alicata P, Cantarella T (1994) The Euro-mediterranean species of Icius (Araneae, Salticidae): a critical revision and description of two new species. Animalia 20: 111-131 
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Caporiacco L di (1933) Araneidi. In: Spedizione scientifica all'oasi di Cufra (Marzo-Luglio 1931). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 56: 311-340
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110
Simon E (1937) Les arachnides de France 6 (5). Paris (Roret): 979-1298
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (2023) Contribution to the spider (Araneida) fauna of the Algarve, Portugal, with notes on the phylogeny of the superfamily Araneoidea and the description of the new araneoid family Fonteferridae. Beiträge zur Araneologie 16: 4-112