Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802)
Description
Embolus at tip of bulbus, convoluted. Epigyne with horseshoe-like sclerotised wall. Prosoma posteriorly covered by opisthosoma, eye region greater than half of visible prosomal part, male: prosoma surface roughly sculptured, shiny metallic. Legs light brown to red-brown. Opisthosoma strongly sclerotised, light brown with dark median band, posteriorly crossed by dark transverse band.
Body length male: 2.7-3.6 mmBody length female: 3-3.4 mm
Additional information
Small, compact species. On shrubbery of deciduous forests and in leaf litter, mostly at sunny forest edges
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Braendegaard 1972a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pesarini unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zabka 1997)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Zabka 1997)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(García & Suárez 2019)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Habitus
(Zabka 1997)
Habitus
(Stankovic unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Braendegaard 1972a)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Zabka 1997)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Vulva
(Pesarini unpubl.)
Vulva
(Zabka 1997)
Vulva
(Artmann-Graf unpubl.)
Habitus
(Zabka 1997)
References
Artmann-Graf G (unpubl.)
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Braendegaard J (1972a) Edderkopper eller spindlere I. Danmarks Fauna 72
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Pesarini C (unpubl.)
Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion Natuur Baarn, Netherlands
Stankovic B (unpubl.)
Vrenozi B, Jäger P (2012) A faunistic study on ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) in the Tirana district, Albania. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 81-87
World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.01.2019) doi: 10.24436/2
Zabka M (1997) Salticidae: Pajaki skaczace (Arachnida: Araneae) (Salticidae of Poland). Fauna Polski (Fauna Poloniae) 19: 1-188