Altella aussereri Thaler, 1990
Description
Male
Resembles A. lucida. Tibia III ventrally with curved spine. Metatarsus I with two claw-shaped spurs. Apophysis of tibia and bulbus resembling A. lucida. Embolus narrow thong-shaped, tibial apophysis originating at half the length of bulbus and describing a 3/4 circle. Differs in posterior end of conductor. Prosoma length: 0.6 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.
Body length male: 1.2-1.4 mmFemale
Resembles A. lucida. Tibia I with pair of spines medially. Epigyne: grooves indistinct, anteriorly sharply bordered, with ridge protruding over opening. Receptacula shining through, directed laterally and not medially converging as in A. lucida. Prosoma length: 0.6 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.
Body length female: 1.2-1.4 mmAdditional information
in xerothermic habitats
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Conductor
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Tibia I
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Vulva, ventral view
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Purgat et al. 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Purgat et al. 2024)
Tibia II, lateral view
(Purgat et al. 2024)
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
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 
Purgat P, Řezáč M, Gloríková N, Černecký J, Prince M, Gajdoš P (2024) Altella aussereri, Mimetus laevigatus, and Trichoncyboides simoni (Araneae: Dictynidae, Mimetidae, Linyphiidae), three species of spiders new for Slovakia. Check List 20: 761-770
Thaler K, Noflatscher M-T (1990) Neue und bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Südtirol (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 69: 169-190
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2