Xysticus kulczynskii Werjbitzky, 1902
Description
Male
Prosoma yellow-brown, with a wide brownish median band and a V-shaped sign. Prosoma length: 2.05 mm, prosoma width: 1.95 mm. Sternum yellow, with numerous brown dots. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark brown, with a fir-tree-shaped median band, venter dark brown with white patches.
Female
Prosoma length: 2.80 mm, prosoma width: 2.75 mm. Colouration as in males, somewhat lighter.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ono & Martens 2005)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ono & Martens 2005)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Logunov et al. 2002)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov et al. 2002)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov et al. 2002)
Pedipalp, antero-ventral view
(Zarikian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zarikian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zarikian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Zarikian et al. 2023b)
Tegular apophysis, ventral view
(Ono & Martens 2005)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Ono & Martens 2005)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov et al. 2002)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov et al. 2002)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov et al. 2002)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Werjbitzky 1902)
Epigyne
(Zarikian et al. 2023b)
Vulva
(Logunov et al. 2002)
Distribution List
References
Logunov D V, Marusik Y M, Koponen S (2002) Redescription of a poorly known spider species, Xysticus kulczynskii Wierzbicki 1902 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Acta Arachnologica 51: 99-104 
Ono H, Martens J (2005) Crab spiders of the families Thomisidae and Philodromidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iran. Acta Arachnologica 53: 109-124
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Otto S, Japoshvili G (2018) The spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Lagodekhi Reserve, Georgia: faunistic results of a transect study and an updated checklist. Arachnology 17: 375-391
Werjbitzky E (1902) O paoukach Kawkazskago kraia [Оп the spiders of the Caucasian Province]. De Araneis regionis Caucasicae. Zapiski Kiewskago Obtchiestwa Iestiestwoispytatelei 17: 461-504
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zarikian N A, Kosyan A, Marusik Y M (2023b) New records of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from Armenia. 1. Ten genera and 20 species of the families Araneidae, Theridiidae and Thomisidae. Euroasian Entomological Journal 22: 141-149