Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Sibianor  Logunov, 2001   5 species

Sibianor turkestanicus Logunov, 2001

Description
Male

Prosoma red-brown, sparsely covered with white scales, black around eyes, clypeus reddish, without hairs. Sternum, maxillae and chelicerae yellowish-brown. Opisthosoma grey-brown, without pattern, dorsum with large, venter (near grey-brown spinnerets) with small scutum. Leg I strongest, femur and tibia swollen, reddish brown, patella and tibia with rows of scale-like black hairs. Remaining legs orange yellow. Palps yellow-brown.

Female

Colouration as in males, except legs II-IV yellow-brown.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Georgia   (Seropian et al., 2023b) |||
References

Logunov D V (2001a) A redefinition of the genera Bianor Peckham & Peckham, 1885 and Harmochirus Simon, 1885, with the establishment of a new genus Sibianor gen. n. (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 9: 221-286 pdf

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

Seropian A, Bulbulashvili N, Otto S, Krammer H-J, Kachlishvili N, Datunashvili A (2023b) Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus barcode of life project. Part II. Caucasiana 2: 231-297 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
21-12-2023 Distribution insert Detail