araneae - Philodromus

Philodromidae: Philodromus Walckenaer, 1826

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Metatarsus I with 2 pairs of ventral spines (of which the second is situated in the middle of the segment or more basally), posterior median eyes closer to posterior lateral eyes than to anterior lateral eyes or equidistant

histrio-group

Metatarsus I with at least one proapical spine, posterior median eyes closer to anterior lateral eyes than to posterior lateral eyes

2
(1)

Leg III longer than legs I and IV (in P. margaritatus males leg I slightly longer than III), cymbium flat and disc-like, receptacula voluminous without copulatory ducts

margaritatus- and poecilus-groups

Not so

3
(2)

Tibia I with 5 pairs of ventral spines (including apicals), cymbium flat and disc-like, vulva with coiled copulatory ducts

Philodromus dispar Walckenaer, 1826

Pedipalp, ventral view (Locket & Millidge 1951)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Roberts 1995)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Brændegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Simon 1932)	Tibial apophysis (Heimer & Nentwig 1991)	Epigyne (Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne (Roberts 1995)	Epigyne (Brændegaard 1966)	Epigyne, ventral view (Simon 1932)
Vulva (Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Tibia I with 3-4 pairs of ventral spines, cymbium and copulatory ducts different

4
(3)

Metatarsi without dorsal spines, basal embolus usually swollen, glandular heads connected to receptacula by long ducts

pulchellus-group

Metatarsi with a dorsal spine at position of basal pair of ventral/lateral spines, copulatory organs different

5
(4)

Eyes situated on white tubercles, colour of body and legs pale yellowish

rufus-group

Eyes not situated on white tubercles, colour of body and legs brownish

6
(5)

Metatarsi with two pairs of ventral spines (no apicals), sperm duct loop opens posterio-retrolaterad, median septum of epigyne U-shaped

Philodromus emarginatus (Schrank, 1803)

Pedipalp, ventral view (Locket & Millidge 1951)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Roberts 1995)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Logunov & Huseynov 2008)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Ono & Martens 2005)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Ono & Martens 2005)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Simon 1932)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view (Logunov & Huseynov 2008)	Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view (Logunov & Huseynov 2008)	Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view (Logunov & Huseynov 2008)
Tibial apophysis (Simon 1932)	Epigyne/vulva (Song et al. 1999)	Epigyne (Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne (Roberts 1995)	Epigyne (Simon 1932)

Metatarsi with three pairs of ventral spines (including apicals), sperm duct loop opens prolaterad, median septum of epigyne not U-shaped

aureolus-group

This key has kindly been provided by Christoph Muster.

Further taxa

1. Philodromus aryy Marusik, 1991

Pedipalp, ventral view (Marusik 1991c)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Tang et al. 2004)	Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view (Tang et al. 2004)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view (Marusik 1991c)	Epigyne (Marusik 1991c)	Epigyne (Tang et al. 2004)
Vulva, dorsal view (Marusik 1991c)	Vulva, dorsal view (Tang et al. 2004)	Vulva, dorsal view (Esyunin et al. 2024b)
Vulva, ventral view (Esyunin et al. 2024b)

2. Philodromus bigibbus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)

-- Caption missing --
(WSC 2024)

3. Philodromus bonneti Karol, 1968

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Karol 1968)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Karol 1968)

4. Philodromus bosmansi Muster & Thaler, 2004

Pedipalp, ventral view (Muster & Thaler 2004)	Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view (Muster & Thaler 2004)	Epigyne (Muster & Thaler 2004)
Vulva, dorsal view (Muster & Thaler 2004)

5. Philodromus calidus Lucas, 1846

Pedipalp, ventral view (Muster 2009a)	Palpal tibia, dorsal view (Muster 2009a)	Palpal tibia, retrolateral view (Muster 2009a)
Epigyne (Muster 2009a)	Vulva, dorsal view (Muster 2009a)

6. Philodromus cammarus Rossi, 1846

-- Caption missing --
(WSC 2024)

7. Philodromus catagraphus Simon, 1870

Habitus, dorsal view
(Simon 1873a)

8. Philodromus cinereus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876

-- Caption missing --
(WSC 2024)

9. Philodromus cufrae Caporiacco, 1936

Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Caporiacco 1936a)

Epigyne
(Caporiacco 1936a)

10. Philodromus denisi Levy, 1977

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Denis 1947)

Epigyne
(Denis 1947)

11. Philodromus dilutus Thorell, 1875

-- Caption missing --
(WSC 2024)

12. Philodromus dubius Caporiacco, 1933

Epigyne
(Caporiacco 1933)

13. Philodromus emarginatus lusitanicus Kulczyński, 1911

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kulczyński 1911a)

Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Kulczyński 1911a)

14. Philodromus erythrops Caporiacco, 1933

Palpal tibia and patella
(Caporiacco 1933)

Epigyne
(Caporiacco 1933)

15. Philodromus foucauldi Denis, 1954

Epigyne
(Denis 1954a)

16. Philodromus grazianii Caporiacco, 1933

Epigyne
(Caporiacco 1933)

17. Philodromus hadzii Šilhavý, 1944

Epigyne, ventral view
(Šilhavý 1944)

Vulva
(Šilhavý 1944)

18. Philodromus juvencus Kulczyński, 1895

Epigyne, ventral view
(Kulczyński 1895)

19. Philodromus lugens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)

-- Caption missing --
(WSC 2024)

20. Philodromus maghrebi Muster, 2009

Epigyne
(Muster 2009a)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Muster 2009a)

21. Philodromus multispinus Caporiacco, 1933

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Caporiacco 1933)

Epigyne
(Caporiacco 1933)

22. Philodromus musteri Lecigne & Oger, 2020

Pedipalp, dorsal view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)	Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)	Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)	Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)
Bulbus, ventral view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)	Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)	Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view (Lecigne & Oger 2020)

23. Philodromus pelagonus Šilhavý, 1944

Epigyne, ventral view
(Šilhavý 1944)

Vulva
(Šilhavý 1944)

24. Philodromus splendens Indzhov, 2020

Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Indzhov 2020)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Indzhov 2020)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Indzhov 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view (Indzhov 2020)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Indzhov 2020)	Vulva, antero-dorsal view (Indzhov 2020)
Vulva, dorsal view (Indzhov 2020)	Vulva, dorsal view (Indzhov 2020)	Vulva, ventral view (Indzhov 2020)
Vulva, ventral view (Indzhov 2020)

25. Philodromus venustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876

Epigyne (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1876)	Eyes, frontal view (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1876)	Habitus, dorsal view (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1876)

26. Philodromus vinokurovi Marusik, 1991

Pedipalp, ventral view (Marusik 1991c)	Pedipalp, retrolateral view (Tang et al. 2004)	Pedipalp, ventral view (Tang et al. 2004)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view (Marusik 1991c)	Palpal tibia, retrolateral view (Marusik 1991c)	Epigyne (Esyunin et al. 2024b)
Vulva, dorsal view (Marusik 1991c)	Vulva, dorsal view (Esyunin et al. 2024b)	Vulva, ventral view (Esyunin et al. 2024b)
Vulva, ventral view (Esyunin et al. 2024b)