Selenops radiatus Latreille, 1819
Description
Male
Both parts of the tibial apophysis simple, median apophysis with 2 branches. Conductor T-shaped with terminal end pointed, tegulum with lateral projection, ventral part of tibial apophysis without ventral projection, embolus short.
Body length male: 16.5 mmFemale
Epigyne longer than wide. Lateral lobes of epigyne situated close together only in their anterior half, lateral lobes wider than long. Opisthosoma with colour pattern.
Body length female: 16.5 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Song et al. 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Song et al. 1999)
Epigyne
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Epigyne
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Epigyne
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Vulva
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Vulva
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Vulva
(Zamani & Crews 2019)
Distribution List
References
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Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
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Caporiacco L di (1936a) Aracnidi raccolti durante la primavera 1933 nelle oasi del deserto libico. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova 15: 93-122
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
Dentici A, Galasso P, Faraone F P (2024a) Flatties in Italy: online naturalist networks confirm a wide distribution of Selenops radiatus (Araneae: Selenopidae) in southeastern Sicily. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 67: 13-17
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
El-Hennawy H K, Sallam G M E (2019) Selenops spiders in Egypt (Araneae: Selenopidae). Serket 17: 68-75
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
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
Song D X, Zhu M S, Chen J (1999) The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani A, Crews S C (2019) The flattie spider family Selenopidae (Araneae) in the Middle East. Zoology in the Middle East 65: 79-87
Updates
| 08-06-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 29-07-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 17-06-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 01-03-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 26-07-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 26-02-2015 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 17-12-2013 | Image insert | |
| 15-04-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |