Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Aelurillus  Simon, 1885   34 species

Aelurillus kochi Roewer, 1951

Description

Prosoma dark, covered with white hairs, appears whitish grey (in fresh material; colouration varies in preserved specimens). Prosoma length male: 2.3-2.7 mm. Chelicerae brown, covered with white hairs. Legs: Femur I grey, ventrally white, femora III-IV dorsally yellow. Opisthosoma densely covered with grey scales (opisthosoma appears brownish in preserved specimens).

Body length male: 6.0 mm
Body length female: 7.1-8.0 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece, Israel, Syria, United Arab Emirates
Phenology
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"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.

Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) |||
References

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279 pdf

Wesołowska W, Harten A van (2010) Order Araneae, family Salticidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 3: 27-69 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
07-11-2025 Distribution update Detail
30-04-2015 Image insert