Asianellus festivus (C. L. Koch, 1834)
Description
Tibial apophysis with 2 unequally long processes. Embolus thin. Epigyne with straight posterior margin, entrance ducts near posterior epigynal margin. Prosoma dark brown, female: dark brown. Male: red-brown. Sternum dark on the side, otherwise bright. Legs yellow. Femur black. Metatarsus dark. Tarsus dark. Opisthosoma female: dorsally yellowish with dark stripes in the middle. Male: dorsally dark grey with 4-5 bright stripes, ventrally light yellow.
Body length male: 5.95-8 mmBody length female: 8.0 mm
Additional information
On warm, sunny rock fields/slopes and in grass
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zabka 1997)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Zabka 1997)
Tip of embolus
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Habitus
(Zabka 1997)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Zabka 1997)
Epigyne
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Epigyne
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Vulva
(Zabka 1997)
Vulva
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Habitus
(Zabka 1997)
References
Biteniekyte M, Relys V (2012) The checklist of Lithuanian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Biologija 57: 148-158
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 
Logunov D V (2015) Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24: 33-85
Logunov D V, Hęciak S (1996) Asianellus, a new genus of the subfamily Aelurillinae (Araneae: Salticidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 26: 103-117
Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94
Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion Natuur Baarn, Netherlands
World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.01.2019) doi: 10.24436/2
Zabka M (1997) Salticidae: Pajaki skaczace (Arachnida: Araneae) (Salticidae of Poland). Fauna Polski (Fauna Poloniae) 19: 1-188