Xysticus kaznakovi Utochkin, 1968
Description
Male
Prosoma dark red-brown, eye tubercles yellow. Prosoma length: 1.70 mm. Chelicerae light brown. Sternum yellow with brown dots. Legs: femora, patellae and proximal part of tibia I-II dark red-brown, other parts yellow, femora and patellae III and IV greyish white, tibia to tarsus whitish. Opisthosoma: dorsum brown-yellow, with white stripes laterally and anteriorly, venter whitish grey.
Female
Prosoma brown, with yellow V-shaped spot and dark brown lateral bands. Prosoma length: 1.90-2.02 mm. Chelicerae yellowish to light brown. Sternum yellow. Legs light brown with brown spots. Opisthosoma: dorsum light brown with brown spots and cream-coloured marginal band laterally, venter light brown with dark brown spots. Spinnerets brownish.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Marusik & Logunov 1990)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Marusik & Logunov 1990)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Demir 2015)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Demir 2015)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ponomarev et al. 2019a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Demir 2015)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Demir 2015)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Demir 2015)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Demir 2015)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Demir 2015)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Demir 2015)
Distribution List
References
Buchholz S (2013) Spider records from East Macedonia and Thrace (NE Greece). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 45: 45-53 
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Demir H (2015) Redescription of Xysticus kaznakovi Utochkin, 1968 (Araneae: Thomisidae), with a description of unknown female. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 67: 461-464
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Marusik Y M, Logunov D V (1990) The crab spiders of Middle Asia, USSR (Aranei, Thomisidae). 1. Descriptions and notes on distribution of some species. Korean Arachnology 6: 31-62
Naumova M, Blagoev G, Deltshev D (2021) Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 4984: 228-257
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Ponomarev A V, Aliev M A, Khabiev G N, Shmatko V Y (2019a) New data on the spider fauna (Aranei) of Dagestan, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 28: 309-334
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2