Chaerea maritimus Simon, 1885
Description
Male
Pedipalp: cymbium flat, tibial apophysis collar-shaped, embolus semi-circular, long and slender. Prosoma yellow-brown, cephalic part dark brown (yellow-brown in preserved specimens). Prosoma length: 0.8-1.03 mm. Chelicerae dark brown (yellow-brown in preserved specimens), promargin with 3 and retromargin with 2 teeth. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma pale yellow (white in preserved specimens), without pattern, covered with olive-grey pubescence.
Body length male: 2.1-2.3 mmFemale
Epigyne: copulatory openings wide, semi-circular, introductory ducts long, transverse; spermathecae small, almost circular. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.16 mm.
Body length female: 2.7 mmAdditional information
In coastal habitats.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2016)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Chelicera, lateral view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Leg IV, prolateral view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Epigyne
(Bosmans et al. 2016)
Vulva (right half), dorsal view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Vulva
(Bosmans et al. 2016)
Vulva
(Bosmans et al. 2016)
Distribution List
References
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Bosmans R, Oger P, Ponel P (2016) Altella emilieae Lissner, 2016 (Araneae: Dictynidae) is a junior synonym of Chaerea maritimus Simon, 1884 and a widespread Mediterranean halophilous species. Arachnology 17: 159-160
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Lissner J, Chatzaki M (2016b) Description of a new Altella Simon, 1884 (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Greece. Arachnology 17: 39-42
Simon E (1885c) Arachnides nouveaux d'Algérie. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 321-327
Trotta A (2019) Note on spiders collected in coastal habitats and first Italian record of Chaerea maritimus (Arachnida, Araneae) Bulletin of Environmental and Life Sciences 1: 33-36
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2