Dark yellowish brown. Opisthosoma with darker mottlings and scattered white spots dorsally, anterior end surrounded by a hard sclerite narrow dorsally but extending more than halfway along the ventral surface.
Prosoma length: 0.7 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.
Body length male: 1.8-2.2 mmProsoma, sternum and legs yellowish brown, prosoma and sternum with narrow dark borders. Opisthosoma oval with spinnerets almost posterior, pale, dorsally with 3 pairs of irregular white patches followed by a median band of white patches.
Prosoma length: 0.8 mm, prosoma width: 0.6 mm.
Body length female: 1.7-2.1 mmIn the wild, but also in buildings. This species of American origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.
Frequency: Very rarely found
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