Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Euophrys  C. L. Koch, 1834   38 species

Euophrys herbigrada (Simon, 1871)

Description

Tibial apophysis and embolus narrow, sides ± parallel. Prosoma with dense white hairs covering clypeus. Opisthosoma brownish black with 2 vague rows of brighter spots.

Body length male: 3.0-3.8 mm
Body length female: 3.4-4.8 mm
Additional information

females can not be separated by genital morphological characters from E. frontalis, but clearly distinguishable due to white haired clypeus

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Western, Central, Southern Europe
Phenology
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Distribution List
Albania   (Vrenozi & Deltshev, 2012b; Blick, 2018) ||| Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Austria   (Komposch & Steinberger, 1999) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| France / Corsica   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Hungary   (Korányi et al., 2017) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Isaia et al., 2025; Pantini et al., 2013) ||| Latvia   (Cera, 2018) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2014) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Febrer & Barrientos, 2021) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

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Blick T (2018) A small collection of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the River Vjosa, Albania – with an updated spider checklist of Albania. Acta ZooBot Austria 155: 213-232 pdf

Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 pdf

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

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