Xysticus macedonicus Šilhavý, 1944
Description
Male
Male palp with hammer-shaped median apophysis with pointed ends. Lateral apophysis shovel-like widened, prolateral end twisted to a tip, with distinct tooth in bulge. Tibial apophysis bipartite, ventral apophysis large, with strongly sclerotised edges and irregular shape, retrolateral apophysis broad and ending blunt in lateral view, longish in ventral view. Embolus with broad, feather-like tip, flanked by 2 wing-like structures and transparent distally.
Prosoma colour very variable (males overall darker). Laterally with broad, black stripes, median triangle large, posteriorly with distinct black spot, arc-like margined by bright stripes on both sides. Sternum beige to brown, partly brightened median and yolk-yellow to yellow-brown on margin. Chelicerae brown, both sexes frontally with one longer spine, females additionally with many small robust spines. Legs long and slender (females thick), coloured like opisthosoma. Opisthosoma distinctly patterned with light brown-ochre triangles on dark background. Spinnerets brown, bordered by a white line.
Body length male: 4.2-6.1 mmFemale
Epigyne with thin median septum, which is widened posteriorly. Longish, broad lateral plates on both sides of septum.
Body length female: 4.3-7.8 mmAdditional information
mountainous species, apparently confused with X. cristatus/audax
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jantscher 2001b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jantscher 2001b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Breitling 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Geci et al. 2023)
Embolus, ventral view
(Jantscher 2001b)
Embolus, ventral view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Tip of embolus, lateral view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Tip of embolus, lateral view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Epigyne
(Jantscher 2001b)
Epigyne
(Jantscher 2001b)
Epigyne
(Jantscher 2001a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Jantscher 2001b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Jantscher 2001b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Jantscher 2001a)
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
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
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
Breitling R (2018) Eric Duffey's spider collection in the Manchester Museum – an update. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 141: 5-9
Geci D, Naumova M, Ibrahimi H, Grapci-Kotori L, Gashi A, Bilalli A, Musliu M (2023) Contribution to spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) from Bjeshkët e Nemuna mountains (Kosovo). Natura Croatica 32: 525-547
Hänggi A (2003) Nachträge zum "Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen" - 3. Neunachweise von 1999 bis 2002 und Nachweise synanthroper Spinnen Arachnologische Mitteilungen 26: 36-54
Helsdingen P J van, IJland S, Komnenov M (2018) Inventory of the spiders (Araneae) of the border region of northern Greece with Albania and FYR Macedonia. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 37: 5-23
IJland S, Helsdingen P J van (2019) Update on the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Calabria, Italy. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 38: 8-21
Jantscher E (2001a) Revision der Krabbenspinnengattung Xysticus C.L. Koch, 1835 (Araneae, Thomisidae) in Zentraleuropa. Dissertation, Univ. Graz, 328 pp., 81 pls.
Jantscher E (2001b) Diagnostic characters of Xysticus cristatus, X. audax and X. macedonicus (Araneae: Thomisidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 12: 17-25
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Kůrka A, Naumova M, Indzhov S, Deltshev C (2020) New faunistic and taxonomic data on the spider fauna of Albania (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 8-21
Thaler K, Knoflach B (2004b) Zur Faunistik der Spinnen (Araneae) von Österreich: Gnaphosidae, Thomisidae (Dionycha pro parte). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 36: 417-484
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2