Phlegra blaugrana Azarkina, Pérez-Gómez & Sánchez-García, 2022
Description
Male
Opisthosoma with dorsal scutum, surrounded by dense, black, long setae, covered with short, iridescent metallic greenish-blue setae, a shield-shaped patch centrally, with parallel Λ-shaped blue-red-blue-red transverse bands. Venter yellow-brown,
covered with short, white setae.
Female
Opisthosoma ventral brown, dorsal dark brown, with central whitish longitudinal band, dark brown laterally, with six pairs of white spots on dark background.
Body length female: 6.5-8.2 mmAdditional information
Ground-dwellers in grasslands on the “Areniscas del Aljibe” Unit, dominated by annual species with scattered shrubs (Calicotome villosa, Chamaerops humilis, Olea europaea europaea, Crataegus monogyna).
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Embolic division, dorsal view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Embolic division, prolateral view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Embolic division, retrolateral view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Palpal tibia, ventro-retrolateral view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Leg I, prolateral view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Leg I, ventral view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Habitus, frontal view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Epigyne
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Epigyne
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Azarkina et al. 2022)
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
Azarkina G N, Pérez-Gómez Á, Sánchez-García I (2022) Description of a stunning new species of Phlegra Simon, 1876 from southern Spain and redescription of an enigmatic Phlegra species from northern Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 5162: 557-575 
Canto L del, Canto R del (2025) Presencia de Phlegra blaugrana Azarkina, Pérez-Gómez & Sánchez-García, 2022 (Araneae: Salticidae) en el norte de Marruecos. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 175-176
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2