Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Pseudicius  Simon, 1885   11 species

Pseudicius courtauldi Bristowe, 1935

Description
Male

Prosoma brown, densely covered with white hairs, black around the eyes. Prosoma length: 2.08-2.75 mm. Chelicerae brown. Sternum orange-brown. Leg I brown, legs II-IV yellow or orange. Opisthosoma: dorsum with brown markings composed of 2 pairs of wide longitudinal bands and a lancet-like spot on anterior part, with Scutum, venter yellow to yellow-orange.

Female

Colouration as in males, except leg I less contrastingly coloured compared to the other legs, legs II-IV with brownish rings, femora II-IV brownish. Prosoma length: 2.35 mm.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China
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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.

Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) |||
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 pdf

Logunov D V (1993) Notes on two salticid collections from China (Araneae Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 2(1): 49-59 pdf

Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279 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
07-11-2025 Distribution update Detail
08-01-2015 Image insert