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Thomisidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Psammitis  Menge, 1876   13 species

Psammitis secedens  (L. Koch, 1876)

Description
Male

Male palp without tegular apophyses. Cymbium with S-like bent process. Tibial apophysis bipartite, ventral apophysis slender, elongated and hook-like bent on tip. Retrolateral apophysis short, very broad at base and hardly tapering toward tip. Embolus massive, ending blunt, with small spur pointing toward tegulum. Prosoma brown to dark brown or sand brown, sometimes with striking, bright, fork- or U-shaped pattern, with bright moon-like structures. Sternum sand brown or dark brown to dark beige. Chelicerae median transversely striped with dark brown. Legs uniformly brown to dark brown, dorsally partly with bright or dark longitudinal stripes. Opisthosoma hazelnut brown or dark brown, white on anterior margin.

Body length male: 3.8-6.0 mm
Female

Epigyne only stronger sclerotised on outer sides of epigynal groove, so that the epigynal area consists of 2 separated, C-shaped parts. Prosoma beige, red-brown to olive-brown, sometimes with striking, bright, fork- or U-shaped pattern, with brigh and dark moon-like structures. Chelicerae brown, slightly cream meandered. Opisthosoma hazelnut brown or dark brown, with white margin, folium only vague or missing.

Body length female: 5.9-7.8 mm
Additional information

in alp meadows and feedlots near timberline in the central Alps, 1800-2200 m

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: from North Macedonia and Turkey only females recorded - conspecifity should be proven by males
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Alps (Austria, Italy), North Macedonia, Turkey
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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.

Austria   (Thaler, 1981c) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| North Macedonia   (Lazarov, 2004) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Coşar et al., 2023b) |||
References

Coşar İ, Danışman T, Karahasan Ş B (2023b) A new record of crab spider (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Turkey. Munis Entomology and Zoology 18: 1419-1422 pdf

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin pdf

Jantscher E (2001a) Revision der Krabbenspinnengattung Xysticus C.L. Koch, 1835 (Araneae, Thomisidae) in Zentraleuropa. Dissertation, Univ. Graz, 328 pp., 81 pls. pdf

Lazarov S (2004) A contribution to the study of spiders (Araneae) in Macedonia. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 56: 155-166 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Thaler K (1981c) Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Nordtirol (Österreich) (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 61: 105-150 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

Updates
23-06-2023 Image insert
23-06-2023 Distribution insert Detail
23-06-2023 Distribution update Detail
28-07-2018 Image insert
15-04-2013 Distribution update Detail