Xysticus caspicus Utochkin, 1968
Description
Male
Male unknown.
Female
Epigyne with two shallow openings situated at a distance from the epigastric region. Prosoma 2.65 mm long, 2.5 mm wide; surface yellow-brown with yellow median band extending from the eye region to the petiolus. Anterior part of median band with brownish yellow pentagonal spot and posterior part yellow. Carapace sides brownish yellow with marmoration and brown spots in the rear. Eye field yellow, medium eye tubercles slightly darkened; medium-eye rectangle wider than long. Clypeus with 7 bristles. Sternum yellow with large brown spots. Opisthosoma with gray-brown dorsum and grayish-yellow venter and sides. Dorsum pattern blurred and barely noticable.
Distribution
Figures
Epigyne, ventral view
(Utochkin 1968)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Utochkin 1968)
Distribution List
References
Mikhailov K G (2013) The spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries: a non-annotated checklist. Arthropoda Selecta, Supplement 3: 1-262 
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Utochkin A S (1968) Pauki roda Xysticus faunii SSSR (Opredelitel'). Ed. Univ. Perm, 73 pp.
WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.07.2022) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 25-05-2015 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 25-05-2015 | Image insert |