Aelurillus m-nigrum Kulczyński, 1891
Description
Male palp yellow, white haired, femur with ventral swelling. Prosoma brown, female: black M-shaped pattern connecting eyes, 2 oval, dark brown stripes posteriorly. Male: eye region black with 3 M-shaped extensions. Sternum yellow-brown to dark brown. Chelicerae red-brown. Legs yellow-brown, with dark spots. Opisthosoma female: dorsally with 3 dark brown stripes on light yellow background, dark transverse stripes on bright background posteriorly, ventrally light yellow. Male: dorsally with 5 dark stripes on bright background, median stripes slightly shorter, ventrally yellow-grey. Spinnerets yellow-grey.
Body length male: 4.6 mmBody length female: 6.3-7.5 mm
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Azarkina 2002)
Pedipalp
(Azarkina 2002)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Embolus, ventral view
(Azarkina 2002)
Embolus, dorsal view
(Azarkina 2002)
Habitus
(Azarkina 2002)
Epigyne
(Azarkina 2002)
Vulva
(Azarkina 2002)
Vulva, dorsal view
(van Helsdingen & IJland 2024)
Vulva, ventral view
(van Helsdingen & IJland 2024)
Habitus
(Azarkina 2002)
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
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Esyunin S L, Vlasov S V, Efimik V E (2023b) To the fauna of spiders and ixod ticks (Arachnida: Araneae, Ixodida: Ixodidae) of the Burtinskaya steppe. Steppe Science 2023(2): 61-82
Helsdingen P J van, IJland S (2024) Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from northern Greece. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 42: 2-18
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Logunov D V, Chatzaki M (2003) An annotated check-list of the Salticidae (Araneae) of Crete, Greece. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 7: 95-100
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Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
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Seropian A, Bulbulashvili N, Otto S, Krammer H-J, Kachlishvili N, Datunashvili A (2023b) Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus barcode of life project. Part II. Caucasiana 2: 231-297
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2