Aelurillus monardi (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Male
Resembles A. luctuosus. Prosoma with three narrow vertical lines above eyes of the first row. Less contrasting palpal patella and tibia. Legs yellow, femora with dorsal black longitudinal stripe. Opisthosoma grey-yellow with dark brown dorsum and white longitudinal median stripe.
Prosoma length: 2.7 mm, prosoma width: 1.9 mm.
Body length male: 4.2-4.8 mmFemale
Strongly resembles A. luctuosus.
Body length female: 6.4-6.8 mmAdditional information
Records from the Iberian Peninsula, Italy (mainland) and Sicily are probably misidentified (A. luctuosus), see Azarkina & Logunov (2006: 244) and Pantini & Isaia (2015: 49).
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Azarkina & Logunov 2006)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Azarkina & Logunov 2006)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Azarkina & Logunov 2006)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Azarkina & Logunov 2006)
Embolic division
(Azarkina & Logunov 2006)
Habitus
(Azarkina & Logunov 2006)
Habitus
(Azarkina & Logunov 2006)
Habitus
(Azarkina & Logunov 2006)
Epigyne/vulva
(Cantarella 1982)
References
Azarkina G N, Logunov S V (2006) Taxonomic notes on nine Aelurillus species of the western Mediterranean (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull Br arachnol Soc 13: 233-248
Cantarella T (1982) Salticidae (Araneae) delle Isole Maltesi. Animalia 9: 239-252
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
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 
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
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