Xysticus caucasius L. Koch, 1878
Description
Male
Male unknown.
Female
Prosoma reddish brown to brownish yellow, mottled with brown, with indistinct median stripe, posterior part yellowish white, with brown stripe on posterior margin and brown spots, lateral parts mottled with white, margin with narrow white line. Prosoma length: 4 mm. Sternum reddish brown, mottled with yellowish white. Legs brownish red, with white spots, tibiae dorsally with light longitudinal stripes, metatarsi and tarsi yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey-yellow, dorsum with reddish pattern, dentate in posterior part, sides with reddish stripes.
Distribution
Figures
Epigyne, ventral view
(L. Koch 1878)
Distribution List
References
Koch L (1878) Kaukasische Arachnoiden. In Schneider, O. (ed.), Naturwissenschaftliche Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Kaukasusländer. Dresden 3: 36-71 
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.07.2022) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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