Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Menemerus  Simon, 1868   14 species

Menemerus illigeri (Audouin, 1826)

Description
Male

Palpal femur basally with long ventral hook, tibial apophysis a thin broad plate. Embolus appears to be broken, bent apically almost 90°. Prosomalänge: 2.96 mm.

Female

Epigyne: Copulatory openings hidden under sclerotised hood, slerotised pockets in posterior part form a prominent circle. Prosoma length: 2.96 mm.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, North Africa, Middle East, St. Helena
Phenology
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Distribution List
Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Egypt   (Wesołowska, 1999; El-Hennawy, 2017a) ||| Libya   (Elkrew et al., 2024) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Tunisia   (Wesołowska, 1999; Kmira et al., 2025) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183 pdf

Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369 pdf

Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95 pdf

Prószyński J (2003) Salticidae (Araneae) of the Levant. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 1-180 pdf

Wesołowska W (1999) A revision of the spider genus Menemerus in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 10: 251-353 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
09-11-2025 Distribution update Detail
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16-03-2022 Distribution update Detail
20-05-2014 Image insert
27-08-2013 Datasheet update Detail
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