Selenops radiatus Latreille, 1819
Description
Male
Both parts of the tibial apophysis simple, median apophysis with 2 branches. Conductor T-shaped with terminal end pointed, tegulum with lateral projection, ventral part of tibial apophysis without ventral projection, embolus short.
Body length male: 16.5 mmFemale
Epigyne longer than wide. Lateral lobes of epigyne situated close together only in their anterior half, lateral lobes wider than long. Opisthosoma with colour pattern.
Body length female: 16.5 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Song et al. 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Song et al. 1999)
Epigyne
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Epigyne
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Epigyne
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Vulva
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Vulva
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Vulva
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
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
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 K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Caporiacco L di (1936a) Aracnidi raccolti durante la primavera 1933 nelle oasi del deserto libico. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova 15: 93-122
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, Galasso P, Faraone F P (2024a) Flatties in Italy: online naturalist networks confirm a wide distribution of Selenops radiatus (Araneae: Selenopidae) in southeastern Sicily. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 67: 13-17
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
El-Hennawy H K, Sallam G M E (2019) Selenops spiders in Egypt (Araneae: Selenopidae). Serket 17: 68-75
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
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Song D X, Zhu M S, Chen J (1999) The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani A, Crews S C (2019) The flattie spider family Selenopidae (Araneae) in the Middle East. Zoology in the Middle East 65: 79-87
Updates
| 08-06-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 29-07-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 17-06-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 01-03-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 31-01-2019 | Image insert | |
| 26-07-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 26-02-2015 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 17-12-2013 | Image insert | |
| 15-04-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |