Palp: tibia with simple lateral apophysis. Bulb with big, excavated lateral conductor, large fulcrum and small, more or less triangular median apophysis.
Prosoma length: 3.9-4.5 mm, prosoma width: 3.0-3.5 mm.
Body length male: 10-13 mmEpigyne: anchor-shaped, extended epigyneal depression divided by median septum. Septum ends anteriorly in a almost triangular structure with 4 attachment grooves. Septum long and narrow, median plate large and wide with anterior border almost perpendicular to septum. Halves of epigyneal depression large. Copulatory ducts well-visible, large and spiralized.
Prosoma length: 3.9-5.0 mm, prosoma width: 3.1-4.0 mm.
Body length female: 12-15 mmVery frequent in different open habitats, in humid meadows, on bushes, up to 900 m. Male gives bridal gift to female prior to copulation. Female carries cocoon (100-300 eggs) in chelicerae. Prior to hatching, she constructs a bell-shaped web between blades of grass, where she hangs up the cocoon and guards it.
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"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.
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