Xysticus sjostedti Schenkel, 1936
Description
Male
Prosoma dark brown, with yellow-brown median band. Prosoma length: 2.45 mm. Sternum and chelicerae yellow with numerous brown spots. Legs I-III dark brown, leg IV dorsally white, ventrally brown. Opisthosoma cream-brown, dorsum with 4 triangular brown spots.
Female
Prosoma with brown sides, cephalic part yellow-brownish with brown spots on its end, thoracic part white. Prosoma length: 3.65 mm. Chelicerae yellow with brown spots. Legs yellow-brownish with white lines on dorsal and vetral side. Opisthosoma sand brown, dorsum with fine brown lines.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov & Marusik 1994b)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Logunov & Marusik 1994b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov & Marusik 1994b)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Logunov & Marusik 1994b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Logunov & Marusik 1994b)
Distribution List
References
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E, Mazura N S (1999) Remarks on the Ural spider fauna, 10. New records of spider species (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 7: 319-327 
Logunov D V, Marusik Y M (1994b) A faunistic review of the crab spiders (Araneae, Thomisidae) from the mountains of south Siberia. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Ent.) 64: 177-197
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 12-11-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-06-2015 | Image insert |