Philodromus laricium Simon, 1875
Description
Lateral tibial apophysis smaller than half of length of palpal tibia. Colour very variable, brown or yellowish brown, mostly spotted. Markings often indistinct. Prosoma often with broad, bright median band, unicoloured laterally. Legs yellowish grey or brown with dark spots. Tibia I ventrally with 5-6 pairs of spines. Opisthosoma with bright median band, often with dark cardiac mark which reaches the second pair of sigilla, also with dark chevrons.
Body length male: 5.3 mmBody length female: 7.1-7.8 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Muster 2009a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1981c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Höfer et al. 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Höfer et al. 2019)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Muster 2009a)
Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Muster 2009a)
Tibial apophysis
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1981c)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Höfer et al. 2019)
Epigyne
(Muster 2009a)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Höfer et al. 2019)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Muster 2009a)
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
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Deltshev C, Komnenov M, Blagoev G, Georgiev T, Lazarov S, Stojkoska E, Naumova M (2013) Faunistic diversity of spiders (Araneae) in Galichitsa Mountain (FYR Macedonia). Biodiversity Data Journal 1(e977): 1-70
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp.
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Höfer H, Meyer F, Bauer T, Bayer S, Harry I, Kastner L (2019) Überraschende Erstnachweise und neue Daten zu seltenen Spinnenarten (Arachnida: Araneae) aus Blockhalden in Baden-Württemberg. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 58: 62-84
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
Kuralt Ž, Pajek Arambašič N, Ferle M, Kostanjšek R (2024) A contribution to the Slovenian spider fauna – V. Natura Sloveniae 26: 29-42
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Muster C (2009a) Phylogenetic relationships within Philodromidae, with a taxonomic revision of Philodromus subgenus Artanes in the western Palearctic (Arachnida: Araneae). Invertebrate Systematics 23: 135-169
Thaler K (1981c) Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Nordtirol (Österreich) (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 61: 105-150
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2