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Thomisidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Xysticus  C. L. Koch, 1835   82 species

Xysticus abditus Logunov, 2006

Description

Resembles X. kempeleni and X. laetus. Prosoma dark brown, with thin V-shaped figure in cephalic region and white transverse stripe. Opisthosoma grey-brownish, dorsally with 3 thin, white transverse stripes and white stripe along anterior margin. Palp: tegular ridge at 2 o'clock. Intermediate tibial apophysis narrow.

Prosoma length: 2.0 mm, prosoma width: 2.0 mm.

Distribution
  Presence
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Global distribution (WSC 2026): Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
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Distribution List
Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Greece   (van Helsdingen & IJland, 2024) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Helsdingen P J van, IJland S (2024) Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from northern Greece. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 42: 2-18 pdf

Logunov D V (2006) Notes on Xysticus kempeleni Thorell, 1872 and two closely related spider species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Acta Arachnologica 55: 59-66 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
21-01-2025 Image insert
21-01-2025 Distribution insert Detail
12-07-2016 Datasheet update Detail