Afraflacilla epiblemoides (Chyzer, 1891)
Description
Male
Prosoma brown, with white median band, sides darker, margin black, cephalic part dark brown, eyes surrounded by black. Chelicerae orange-brown. Sternum dark brown, with small white dots, margin black. Legs light sandy brown to dark brown, leg I brown, femur I darker. Opisthosoma: dorsum black, with 2 white longitudinal stripes, venter grey-brown, laterally covered with white hairs.
Body length male: 4.65 mmFemale
Prosoma as in males but darker, thoracic part only sparsely covered with white hairs. Legs light sandy brown, with black spots, tarsus I light yellow. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark brown, interspersed with white hairs, median part with light transverse band, posterior third with 2 broken, light transverse stripes, posterior part black, venter fawn, sides covered with white hairs.
Body length female: 4.85 mmFrequency: Very rarely found
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dobroruka 2001)
Pedipalp
(Dobroruka 2001)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Habitus
(Dobroruka 2001)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Vulva, ventral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Prosoma with hump
(Dobroruka 2001)
Distribution List
References
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WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.09.2021) doi: 10.24436/2
Zarikian N (2020) A contribution to the checklist of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Armenia. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum 16: 193-202