Brigittea vicina (Simon, 1873)
Description
Male
Prosoma red-brown. Opisthosoma yellow, mostly with indistinct, continuous, dark longitudinal band. Legs red-yellow. Palp: Tibia short, median apophysis large, cone-shaped and with two long spikes. Conductor narrow, tongue-shaped, pointed, finely granulated. Prosoma length: 1.1-1.2 mm.
Female
Prosoma red-brown. Opisthosoma yellow, mostly with indistinct, continuous, dark longitudinal band. Legs red-yellow. Epigyne: Both grooves narrow, separated by broad bridge. prosoma length: 1.1-1.2 mm.
Body length female: 4.3 mmAdditional information
On plants and low bushes in warmer areas, very rare.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Simon 1914)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Loksa 1969)
Tibial apophysis
(Loksa 1969)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1969)
Epigyne
(Mezőfi & Markó 2018)
Vulva
(Loksa 1969)
Vulva
(Mezőfi & Markó 2018)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Simon 1914)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Loksa 1969)
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
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) 
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, 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
Deltshev C D, Ćurčić B P M, Blagoev GA (2003b) The spiders of Serbia. Inst. Zoology, Fac. Biology, Belgrade & Inst. Zoology, Bulg. Acad. Sci., Sofia. 832 pp.
Deltshev C, Komnenov M, Blagoev G, Georgiev T, Lazarov S, Stojkoska E, Naumova M (2013) Faunistic diversity of spiders (Araneae) in Galichitsa Mountain (FYR Macedonia). Biodiversity Data Journal 1(e977): 1-70
Drensky P (1936) Katalog der echten Spinnen (Araneae) der Balkanhalbinsel. Opis na Paiatzite ot Balkanikia polouostrow. Spisanié na Beulgarskata Akademia na Naoukite 32: 1-223
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
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Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133
Mezőfi L, Markó V (2018) Some rare and remarkable spider species from Hungary (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 55: 1-9
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Simon E (1914) Les arachnides de France 6 (1). Paris (Roret): 1-308
Vasiliev A I, Mikhailov K G (2023) Annotated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Republic of Moldova. Invertebrate Zoology 20: 307-342
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