Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Chalcoscirtus  Bertkau, 1880   11 species

Chalcoscirtus brevicymbialis Wunderlich, 1980

Description
Male

Tibial apophysis triangular. Embolus short, robust, tip rotated, semicircular at most. Prosoma dark brown, sometimes with a purple shining (legs as well), Legs black-brown, femora somewhat lighter. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark brown, scutum covers opithosoma completely.

Body length male: 1.85-2.4 mm
Female

Epigyne with broad entrance ducts bent at right angle. Prosoma dark brown. Legs dark grey, femora with 2 light longitudinal stripes dorsally. Opisthosoma dark grey dorsally.

Body length female: 1.85-2.4 mm
Additional information

On warm slopes

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Central Europe, Italy, Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
Figures
Distribution List
Austria   (Wunderlich, 1980c) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Kozminykh, 2016) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) |||
References

Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 pdf

Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp. pdf

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 pdf

Kozminykh V (2016) Data to the spider fauna (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Orenburg area. Innovatsii v Nauke 52(3): 11-27 pdf

Logunov D V, Marusik Y M (1999) A brief review of the genus Chalcoscirtus Bertkau, 1880 in the faunas of Central Asia and the Caucasus (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 7: 205-226 pdf

Prószyński J (1991) in Heimer S, Nentwig W: Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Parey Hamburg pdf

Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (1980c) Zur Gattung Chalcoscirtus Bertkau 1880, mit einer Neubeschreibung (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 60: 355-358 pdf

Updates
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