Ballus armadillo (Simon, 1871)
Description
Male
Prosoma dark with black patches around the eyes. Leg I with dark femur and tibia, remaining segments and legs II-IV light. Opisthosoma dark with chromatic pattern in posterior part.
Body length male: 2.5-3.0 mmFemale
Prosoma as in males. Legs uniformly light. Opisthosoma with chromatic pattern extending the whole length.
Body length female: 2.9-4.2 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Pedipalp without bulbus, ventral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Pedipalp without bulbus, retrolateral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Bulbus
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Bulbus
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Epigyne
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
Vulva, ventral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Vulva, posterior view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
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 (1988) The genus Ballus: A revision of the European taxa described by Simon together with observations on the other species of the genus. Animalia 14: 35-63 
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
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Rehfeldt S, Cassar T (2024) A contribution to the arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones) of the Maltese Islands, with two new records for Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 67: 18-47
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2