Philodromidae  Thorell, 1869 / Philodromus  Walckenaer, 1826   53 species

Philodromus buchari Kubcová, 2004

Description
Male

Palp: intermediate tibial apophysis at base of ventral tibial apophysis, conductor width > tegulum width. Prosoma length: 2.1-3.2 mm, prosoma width: 2.2-3.1 mm.

Body length male: 5.0-6.6 mm
Female

Length of copulatory ducts approximately 1,5 times the diameter of receptacula. Prosoma length: 2.44-3.38 mm, Prosoma width: 2.5-3.25 mm.

Body length female: 5.25-8.75 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Records of P. longipalpis from Danmark, UK, Netherlands and Belgium are counted as buchari, because longipalpis is a South-European species (Muster & Thaler 2004).
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe
Phenology
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Distribution List
Albania   (Kůrka et al., 2020) ||| Austria   (Milasowszky et al., 2015) ||| Belgium   (Van Keer et al., 2020; Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Czechia   (Kubcová, 2004; Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (Lissner & Scharff, 2019) ||| France   (Muster & Thaler, 2004) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Hungary   (Mezőfi & Markó, 2019) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Luxembourg   (Kreuels et al., 2019) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Slovakia   (Kubcová, 2004) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019; Crespo et al., 2018) ||| Switzerland   (Hänggi et al., 2014) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a; Muster & Thaler, 2004) ||| Ukraine   (Kovblyuk et al., 2016) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

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