Xysticus thessalicoides Wunderlich, 1995
Description
Male
Prosoma laterally with dark brown longitudinal bands. Prosoma length: 1.75 mm. Legs yellow-brown, femora dark brown, tibiae basally with large, distally with small dark rings. Opisthosoma with dark brown transverse bands.
Body length male: 3.5-4.5 mmFemale
Prosoma laterally with brown longitudinal bands. Prosoma length: 2.3 mm. Legs yellow-brown, femora with white longitudinal stripes and brown spots, tibiae basally with large, distally with small dark rings. Opisthosoma with brown transverse bands.
Body length female: 4.5-7 mmAdditional information
Under stones.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Tegular apophysis, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1995b)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R, Gavalas I (2023) The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 1-91 
Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34
Logunov D V, Demir H (2006) Further faunistic notes on Cozyptila and Xysticus from Turkey (Araneae, Thomisidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 31: 40-45
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1995b) Zur Kenntnis west-paläarktischer Arten der Gattungen Psammitis Menge 1875, Xysticus C. L. Koch 1835 und Ozyptila Simon 1864 (Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 749-774