Aelurillus luctuosus (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Male
Hairs brown-red, without stripe pattern. Prosoma dorsally with lateral bands, which lead posteriad along the posterior lateral eyes.
Body length male: 5-6.5 mmFemale
Prosoma dorsally orange-brown with dark brown border. Head plate brown with black eye field. Whole prosoma with light orange hairs infused with brown hairs. Opisthosoma dorsally brown with light dot pattern, which goes medially and ends posteriorly in light chevrons, light orange hairs everywhere.
Body length female: 6.1-8 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp without bulbus
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
Bulbus
(Metzner 1999)
Embolus
(Metzner 1999)
Embolus, apical view
(Wunderlich 1995o)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995o)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
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
Azarkina G N, Logunov S V (2006) Taxonomic notes on nine Aelurillus species of the western Mediterranean (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13: 233-248 
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Coşar İ, Danışman T, Yildiran F A B (2014) The jumping spiders' fauna of Kırıkkale Province (Araneae, Salticidae). Serket 14: 83-94
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
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Mannu, R., Pantini, P., Sassu, A., & Verdinelli, M (2020) A multidiversity approach to investigate the impact of mining exploitation on spider diversity in the abandoned mine district of Montevecchio-Ingurtosu (Sardinia, Italy). Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27: 32615-32627
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
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
Rehfeldt S, Cassar T (2024) A contribution to the arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones) of the Maltese Islands, with two new records for Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 67: 18-47
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
Wunderlich J (1995o) Zu Ökologie, Biogeographie, Evolution und Taxonomie einiger Spinnen der Makaronesischen Inseln (Arachnida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 385-439
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