Aulonia kratochvili Dunin, Buchar & Absolon, 1986
Description
Male
Colouration of prosoma and opisthosoma as in females. Prosoma length: 2.2-2.7 mm. Legs yellow, only coxa and femur I brown.
Body length male: 4.25 mmFemale
Prosoma brown, radial stripes indistinct, white median longitudinal band and white margin indistinct. Prosoma length: 2.55 mm. Chelicerae and clypeus brown, retromargin with 3 teeth. Sternum light brown. Legs yellow, femur I dark brown, femora II-IV with grey-brown ventral band. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark grey-brown, with white median longitudinal band, posterior third with indistinct, narrow, white stripes, venter grey-yellow.
Body length female: 5 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kronestedt 1997)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Varol et al. 2007)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Varol et al. 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seropian et al. 2025b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2025b)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Pedicel, ventral view
(Fomichev 2026)
Tarsus I
(Kronestedt 1997)
Epigyne
(Lecigne 2011)
Epigyne
(Varol et al. 2007)
Epigyne
(Seropian et al. 2025b)
Epigyne
(Fomichev 2026)
Vulva (right half)
(Varol et al. 2007)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Seropian et al. 2025b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Fomichev 2026)
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
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
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
Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56
Fomichev A A (2026) New data on the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Dagestan, Russia. Acta Biologica Sibirica 12: 1-35
Helsdingen P J van (2013) A quick scan of the spider fauna of the European part of Turkey. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 33: 29-38
Kronestedt T (1997) First record of Aulonia kratochvili (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 14: 77-80
Lecigne S (2011) Inventaire aranéologique dans la Province d’Izmir (Turquie) (Arachnida, Araneae). Le bulletin d'Arthropoda 46: 5-83
Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34
Mikhailov K G (2013) The spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries: a non-annotated checklist. Arthropoda Selecta, Supplement 3: 1-262
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Seropian A, Ninua L, Rostiashvili I, Bulbulashvili N, Makharadze G (2025b) New data on spiders (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae) of Georgia with description of a new species from Tegenaria lyncea group. Caucasiana 4: 65-80
Varol M İ, Akan Z, Özdemır A, Kutbay F, Ozaslan M (2007) The spider Aulonia kratochvili (Araneae: Lycosidae) new to the Turkish fauna. Journal of Biological Sciences 7: 448-450
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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| 26-06-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
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