Aelurillus blandus (Simon, 1871)
Description
Male
Male palp yellow, covered with white hairs. Embolus toothed at the end. Prosoma dark brown, with a typical white central patch dorsally. Sternum brown. Chelicerae orange-brown. Legs brownish yellow. Femur covered with long, white hairs. Opisthosoma uniformly grey-brown, book lungs yellow. Spinnerets yellow-grey.
Prosoma length: 3.2 mm.
Body length male: 4.1-5 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 2.1 mm.
Body length female: 4.1 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Azarkina 2002)
Pedipalp
(Azarkina 2002)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Embolus, ventral view
(Azarkina 2002)
Embolus, dorso-lateral view
(Azarkina 2002)
Embolus, dorsal view
(Azarkina 2002)
Embolus, mesal view
(Azarkina 2002)
Habitus
(Azarkina 2002)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Distribution List
References
Azarkina G N (2002) New and poorly known species of the genus Aelurillus Simon, 1884 from central Asia, Asia Minor and the eastern Mediterranean (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12: 249-263 
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
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2