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Thomisidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Xysticus  C. L. Koch, 1835   106 species

Xysticus graecus  C. L. Koch, 1837

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031909

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Description
Male

Prosoma length: 2.75 mm.

Body length male: 5-7 mm
Female

Prosoma yellowish to reddish brown, with a wedge-shaped mark. Prosoma length: 2.75-3.45 mm. Legs brown, mottled with white. Opisthosoma light brown, with a pale dentate pattern.

Body length female: 7-8 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2019): Balkans, Greece, Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Turkey, Israel, Iraq
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)

species

male Bristle (ventral opisthosoma)
(Wunderlich 1995b)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995b)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1985)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1985)

References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2019) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2018 [last updated 1 January 2019], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info

Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144

Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org

Levy G (1985) Araneae: Thomisidae. In Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida II. Israel Academy of Sciences and Jerusalem

Mikhailov K G (2013) The spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries: a non-annotated checklist. Arthropoda Selecta, Supplement 3: 1-262

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 pdf

World Spider Catalog (2018) World Spider Catalog, version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (15.07.2018) 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). Beitr Araneol 4: 749-774

Updates
12-02-2015 Image insert
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10-12-2013 Distribution update Old value