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Thomisidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Heriaeus  Simon, 1875   15 species

Heriaeus buffoni  (Audouin, 1826)

Description
Male

Pedipalp with distinct ventral and retrolateral apophyses. Tip of embolus stout, twisted backwards. Prosoma length: 2.0-2.3 mm, prosoma width: 1.9-2.2 mm. Body colouration light yellow to white.

Body length male: 3.8-4.6 mm
Female

Epigyne rather flat, hood-shaped, with membraneous folds on both sides. Epigyneal groove shallow. Conspicuous copulatory openings situated at posterior part of epigynal plate. Prosoma length: 2.2 mm, prosoma width: 2.2 mm.

Body length female: 5.9 mm
Additional information

On forbs and bushes in desert habitats.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Canary Is., Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Iraq, Iran
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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.

Algeria   (Loerbroks, 1983; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Egypt   (Loerbroks, 1983) ||| Morocco   (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Tunisia   (Bosmans, 2003) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024a) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Bosmans R (2003) A checklist of the spiders of Tunisia, with description of a new species of Palliduphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 12: 89-109 pdf

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Levy G (1973) Crab-spiders of six genera from Israel (Araneae: Thomisidae). Israel Journal of Zoology 22: 107-141 pdf

Loerbroks A (1983) Revision der Krabbenspinnen-Gattung Heriaeus Simon (Arachnida, Araneae, Thomisidae). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 26: 85-139 pdf

Suárez D, Zarzosa M Á, Oromí P (2022) First report of Heriaeus buffoni (Araneae: Thomisidae) from the Canary Islands. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 63: 11-14 pdf

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 pdf

Zamani A, Nadolny A A, Dolejš P (2022b) New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part X. Arachnology 19: 551-573 pdf

Updates
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