Paratrachelas validus (Simon, 1884)
Description
Male
Prosoma reddish brown to chestnut brown, with small pits. Prosoma length: 2.50 mm. Chelicerae chestnut brown, rugose, pro- and retromargin with 3 teeth. Sternum orange-brown, with small pits. Legs I-II orange-brown, legs III-IV orange-yellow. Opisthosoma grey, dorsum with brown scutum, covering almost the entire opisthosoma, with 4 pale spots in anterior part and some pale chevrons in posterior part.
Body length male: 2.79-4.68 mmFemale
Prosoma reddish brown, with small pits. Prosoma length: 1.97 mm. Chelicerae brown, rugose, toothed as in males. Sternum yellow-brown with small pits. Leg I-II orange-brown, leg III-IV orange. Opisthosoma grey, dorsum with a darker, dagger-shaped longitudinal mark and 4 lighter spots around sigilla in anterior half, as well as some lighter chevrons in posterior half, dorsal scutum absent.
Body length female: 4.52-4.89 mmAdditional information
In humus, litter layer, moss, on shrubs, under stones, from 10 m up to 1500 m a.s.l.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pantini & Mazzoleni 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pantini & Mazzoleni 2018)
Habitus
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Habitus
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Chelicerae
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Distribution List
References
Bosselaers J, Urones C, Barrientos J A, Alberdi J M (2009) On the Mediterranean species of Trachelinae (Araneae, Corinnidae) with a revision of Trachelas L. Koch 1872 on the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Arachnology 37: 15-38 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Pantini P, Mazzoleni F (2018) I ragni de Calabria (Arachnida Araneae). Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "E. Caffi", Bergamo 31: 11-69
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2