Philodromus pinetorum Muster, 2009
Description
Male
Embolus irregularly curved with a sharp bend and sudden narrowing at 12 o’clock position. Retrolateral tibial apophysis in lateral view tower-shaped.
Body length male: 4.0-4.5 mmFemale
Epigynal grooves small slits along the median septum
Body length female: 5.3-6.5 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Muster 2009a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Crespo & Muster 2012)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Simon 1932)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Muster 2009a)
Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Muster 2009a)
Epigyne
(Muster 2009a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Crespo & Muster 2012)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Simon 1932)
Epigyne
(Loria 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Muster 2009a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Crespo & Muster 2012)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Loria 2025)
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
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Crespo L C, Muster C (2012) Philodromus pinetorum Muster, 2009 (Araneae: Philodromidae), new to the Iberian spider fauna. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 21: 59-60
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Lecigne S (2013) Contribution à l’inventaire aranéologique de Corfou (Grèce) (Arachnida, Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28: 177-191
Loria P (2025) Premières mentions de Philodromus pinetorum Muster, 2009, Tetragnatha shoshone Levi, 1981 et Theridion hannoniae Denis, 1945 en Suisse et captures d’espèces notables (Araneae). Entomo Helvetica 18: 75-90
Muster C (2009a) Phylogenetic relationships within Philodromidae, with a taxonomic revision of Philodromus subgenus Artanes in the western Palearctic (Arachnida: Araneae). Invertebrate Systematics 23: 135-169
Nardi D, Lami F, Pantini P, Marini L (2019) Using species-habitat networks to inform agricultural landscape management for spiders. Biological Conservation 239(108275): 1-8
Simon E (1932) Les arachnides de France 6 (4). Paris (Roret): 773-978
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2