Arctosa personata (L. Koch, 1872)
Description
Male
Prosoma reddish, bright median band broad anteriorly, narrow and serrated posteriorly, lateral bands striking. Prosoma length: 3.8-4.8 mm. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on cheliceral furrow margin. Legs yellow-reddish, annulated. Metatarsus I-II with short spines, spines on tibia I reduced or missing. Opisthosoma yellowish green, narrow median stripe arrow-shaped, flanked by a bright, longish spot on each side.
Body length male: 7.1-7.2 mmFemale
Epigyne with groove, wider anteriorly than posteriorly, margins of median bar merging with margin of anterior epigynal pocket. Prosoma length: 3.8-4.7 mm. Legs yellow-reddish.
Body length female: 9.0-12.4 mmAdditional information
Prefers warm conditions, under stones, in dry habitats in medium altitudes
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Iorio 2023)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Embolic division, prolateral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Embolic division, retrolateral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Tegulum, prolateral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Tegulum, retrolateral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Tegulum, ventral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Pedicel, ventral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Fomichev 2026)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva, ventral view
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
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
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Fomichev A A (2026) New data on the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Dagestan, Russia. Acta Biologica Sibirica 12: 1-35
Gaymard M, Lecigne S (2018) Contribution à la connaissance de l'aranéofaune (Araneae) du Gard et en particulier du massif des Gorges du Gardon (Occitanie, France). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 1: 1-39
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Iorio E (2023) Les peuplements d’araignées (Araneae) de la réserve naturelle régionale des Isles du Drac (Isère, France), avec focus sur deux zones humides. Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 10: 4-40
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Nuruyeva T, Zamani A (2025) An annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Azerbaijan. Zootaxa 5680: 1-168
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Ponomarev A V, Komarov Y E (2015) Spiders (Aranei) of the Republic of South Ossetia. The South of Russia: Ecology, Development 10(1): 116-147
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 29-01-2026 | Image insert | |
| 29-01-2026 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 18-08-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 20-09-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 20-09-2023 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 08-05-2023 | Image insert | |
| 08-05-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 17-12-2018 | Image insert | |
| 21-10-2015 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 01-12-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 15-04-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |