Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Chalcoscirtus  Bertkau, 1880   11 species

Chalcoscirtus catherinae Prószyński, 2000

Description
Male

Prosoma dark brown, shiny, anterior eye field black. Prosoma length: 1.05-1.51 mm. Sternum dark brown. Legs: femora greyish yellow, with brown spots, remaining segments yellow. Opisthosoma black, shiny, with scutum.

Body length male: 2.05 mm
Female

Prosoma greyish-brown, shiny, eye field black. Prosoma length: 1.51 mm. Sternum dark brown. Legs yellow. Opisthosoma dark greyish browen, suffused with lighter greyish colour.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Egypt, Israel, Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Egypt   (El-Hennawy, 2017a) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a; Coşar & Danışman, 2013) |||
References

Coşar İ, Danışman T (2013) New records for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Salticidae). Serket 13: 211-214 pdf

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 pdf

El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183 pdf

Prószyński J (2003) Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 1-180 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
10-12-2024 Distribution update Detail
04-12-2014 Distribution update Detail
04-12-2014 Image insert