Philodromus parietalis Simon, 1875
Description
Male
Tibia I with five pairs of ventral spines. Dorsal shield of prosoma and opisthosoma with colourful pattern, legs with distinct dark spots and annulation. Palp: Dorsal tibial apophysis strongly elongated, retrolateral tibial apophysis with a broad edge, embolus originating at 7:30 o’clock Position. Prosoma length: 2.5-2.8 mm, prosoma width: 2.8-2.9 mm.
Body length male: 5.0-5.4 mmFemale
Tibia I with five pairs of ventral spines. Dorsal shield of prosoma and opisthosoma with colourful pattern, legs with distinct dark spots and annulation. Epigyne: receptacula kidney-shaped, anterior and posterior part of receptacula of similar size; weakly sclerotised bursa copulatrix anterior to the receptacula. Prosoma length: 2.3-2.8 mm, prosoma width: 2.5-3.0 mm.
Body length female: 5.8-7.1 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Muster 2009a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Simon 1932)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Muster 2009a)
Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Muster 2009a)
Epigyne
(Muster 2009a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Simon 1932)
Epigyne
(Tchilinguirian et al. 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Muster 2009a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tchilinguirian et al. 2024)
Distribution List
References
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Muster C (2009a) Phylogenetic relationships within Philodromidae, with a taxonomic revision of Philodromus subgenus Artanes in the western Palearctic (Arachnida: Araneae). Invertebrate Systematics 23: 135-169
Simon E (1932) Les arachnides de France 6 (4). Paris (Roret): 773-978
Tchilinguirian J, Lamare L, Laval C, Bauer T (2024) Redécouverte de Philodromus parietalis Simon, 1875 (Araneae, Philodromidae) en France après 91 ans et synthèse des données existantes. Revue Arachnologique (2) 10: 23-29
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2