Thomisidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Xysticus  C. L. Koch, 1835   86 species

Xysticus bacurianensis  Mcheidze, 1971

Description
Male

Embolus massive, strongly extended laterally, tutaculim finger-shaped. Prosoma length: 2.4 mm.

Body length male: 4.9 mm
Female

Spermatheca with strong transverse membranous duct. Prosoma length: 2.6 mm.

Body length female: 6.2 mm
Additional information

Under stones, on herbs and grass in the alpine zone of Caucasian Mountains.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Turkey, Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan)
Phenology
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Figures
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.

Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Georgia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024) |||
References

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Logunov D V, Demir H (2006) Further faunistic notes on Cozyptila and Xysticus from Turkey (Araneae, Thomisidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 31: 40-45 pdf

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Ovtsharenko V I (1979) Spiders of the families Gnaphosidae, Thomisidae, Lycosidae (Aranei) in the Great Caucasus. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad 85: 39-53 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
18-12-2014 Image insert
01-12-2013 Distribution update Detail