Argyronetidae  Thorell, 1869 / Altella  Simon, 1885   7 species

Altella lucida (Simon, 1874)

Description

Tibial apophysis broadly truncated. Prosoma light yellowish to brown, eye region darkened. Sternum yellow-brown. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Tibia I and III ventrally with bent spines. Opisthosoma grey, sometimes with dorsal longitudinal stripe.

Body length male: 1.3-1.5 mm
Body length female: 1.5-1.8 mm
Additional information

Mostly on dwarf-shrub in sunny locations

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, Turkey
Phenology
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Distribution List
Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Bulgaria   (Naumova & Deltshev, 2021) ||| Croatia   (Milosevic, 2002) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Greece   (Bosmans et al., 2009) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Dentici, 2022) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2014) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Switzerland   (Hänggi & Gloor, 2020) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2014; Danışman et al., 2025a) ||| Ukraine   (Kovblyuk et al., 2016) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

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