Male palp with small, strongly bent hook on base of the long, pointed process. Epigyne with scapus, not reaching beyond lateral parts posteriorly. Prosoma black, posterior part rarely dark red-brown. Sternum black. Chelicerae black. Tarsus, tibia and patella III and IV distally darkened, legs (at least III and IV) therefore darkly annulated. Opisthosoma with 2 dark brown-black longitudinal bands, broken in the middle part by transverse stripes reaching from median band to brighter sides.
Body length male: 4.5 mmfrequently in sunny places on herbs and grasses of ruderal areas and waysides
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