Prodidomus amaranthinus (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Pro- and opisthosoma velvet grey to brown, legs yellow-orange to red-brown, cheliceral teeth long, with dark colour, prosoma with distinct fovea.
Body length male: 6-7 mmBody length female: 7-10 mm
Additional information
Under stones
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Pérez & Blasco 1986)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Topçu & Türkeş 2010)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Spinnerets
(Pérez & Blasco 1986)
Habitus
(Pérez & Blasco 1986)
Epigyne
(Pérez & Blasco 1986)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Topçu & Türkeş 2010)
Epigyne
(Kunt et al. 2012)
Epigyne
(Martín & Adame 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Pérez & Blasco 1986)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Topçu & Türkeş 2010)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Kunt et al. 2012)
Vulva, ventral view
(Kunt et al. 2012)
Sternum
(Pérez & Blasco 1986)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
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, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
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
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Caporiacco L di (1928) Resultati zoologici della Missione inviata dalla R. Società Geografica Italiana per l'esplorazione dell'oasi di Giarabub (1926-1927). Aracnidi di Giarabub e di Porto Bardia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 53: 77-107
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Dentici A, Amata F C (2021) Prodidomus amaranthinus (Lucas, 1846) (Araneae Gnaphosidae) new for the Italian araneofauna. Biodiversity Journal 12: 357-359
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
Kunt K B, Kaya R S, Özkütük R S, Danişman T, Yağmur E A, Elverici M (2012) Additional notes on the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 36: 637-651
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
Martín D F, Adame F R (2024) Nuevas adiciones a la fauna aracnológica de Andalucía. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 45: 150-166
Pérez J A, Blasco A (1986) Nota sobre los Prodidominae (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) de la Peninsula Iberica. Mémoires de la Société Royal Belge d'Entomologie 33: 155-164
Topçu A, Türkeş T (2010) The first record of the family Prodidomidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 34: 425-427
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 05-09-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-06-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 14-05-2025 | Image insert | |
| 14-05-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 20-01-2025 | Image insert | |
| 28-11-2023 | Image insert | |
| 28-11-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 13-05-2021 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 15-10-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |