Xysticus xerodermus Strand, 1913
Description
Male
Prosoma red-brown, with a brown wedge-shaped marking enclosed by a yellowish median band. Prosoma length: 2.1-2.5 mm. Legs brown, mottled with white. Opisthosoma pale brown, dorsum with brown, dentate median band.
Body length male: 4.3-5.4 mmFemale
Colouration as in males, except opisthosoma: dorsal median band hardly visible. Prosoma length: 2.6-3.2 mm.
Body length female: 5.9-9.6 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1976)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1976)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov & Demir 2006)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov & Demir 2006)
Vulva
(Logunov & Demir 2006)
Distribution List
References
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
Levy G (1976) The spider genus Xysticus (Araneae: Thomisidae) in Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 25: 1-37
Logunov D V, Demir H (2006) Further faunistic notes on Cozyptila and Xysticus from Turkey (Araneae, Thomisidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 31: 40-45
Schröder M, Chatzaki M, Buchholz S (2011) The spider fauna of the Aladjagiola wetland complex (Nestos Delta, north-east Greece): a reflection of a unique zoogeographical transition zone in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102: 217-233
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2