Heriaeus buffoni (Audouin, 1826)
Description
Male
Pedipalp with distinct ventral and retrolateral apophyses. Tip of embolus stout, twisted backwards. Prosoma length: 2.0-2.3 mm, prosoma width: 1.9-2.2 mm. Body colouration light yellow to white.
Body length male: 3.8-4.6 mmFemale
Epigyne rather flat, hood-shaped, with membraneous folds on both sides. Epigyneal groove shallow. Conspicuous copulatory openings situated at posterior part of epigynal plate. Prosoma length: 2.2 mm, prosoma width: 2.2 mm.
Body length female: 5.9 mmAdditional information
On forbs and bushes in desert habitats.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1973)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1973)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Loerbroks 1983)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Loerbroks 1983)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Suárez et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Suárez et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Suárez et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Suárez et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zamani et al. 2022b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2022b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1973)
Epigyne
(Loerbroks 1983)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1973)
Vulva
(Loerbroks 1983)
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.
References
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Bosmans R (2003) A checklist of the spiders of Tunisia, with description of a new species of Palliduphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 12: 89-109
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Levy G (1973) Crab-spiders of six genera from Israel (Araneae: Thomisidae). Israel Journal of Zoology 22: 107-141
Loerbroks A (1983) Revision der Krabbenspinnen-Gattung Heriaeus Simon (Arachnida, Araneae, Thomisidae). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 26: 85-139
Suárez D, Zarzosa M Á, Oromí P (2022) First report of Heriaeus buffoni (Araneae: Thomisidae) from the Canary Islands. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 63: 11-14
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani A, Nadolny A A, Dolejš P (2022b) New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part X. Arachnology 19: 551-573