Psammitis secedens (L. Koch, 1876)
Description
Male
Male palp without tegular apophyses. Cymbium with S-like bent process. Tibial apophysis bipartite, ventral apophysis slender, elongated and hook-like bent on tip. Retrolateral apophysis short, very broad at base and hardly tapering toward tip. Embolus massive, ending blunt, with small spur pointing toward tegulum. Prosoma brown to dark brown or sand brown, sometimes with striking, bright, fork- or U-shaped pattern, with bright moon-like structures. Sternum sand brown or dark brown to dark beige. Chelicerae median transversely striped with dark brown. Legs uniformly brown to dark brown, dorsally partly with bright or dark longitudinal stripes. Opisthosoma hazelnut brown or dark brown, white on anterior margin.
Body length male: 3.8-6.0 mmFemale
Epigyne only stronger sclerotised on outer sides of epigynal groove, so that the epigynal area consists of 2 separated, C-shaped parts. Prosoma beige, red-brown to olive-brown, sometimes with striking, bright, fork- or U-shaped pattern, with brigh and dark moon-like structures. Chelicerae brown, slightly cream meandered. Opisthosoma hazelnut brown or dark brown, with white margin, folium only vague or missing.
Body length female: 5.9-7.8 mmAdditional information
in alp meadows and feedlots near timberline in the central Alps, 1800-2200 m
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1981c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1981c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Thaler 1981c)
Epigyne
(Jantscher 2001a)
Epigyne
(Lazarov 2004)
Epigyne
(Coşar et al. 2023b)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva
(Thaler 1981c)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Vulva
(Lazarov 2004)
Vulva
(Coşar et al. 2023b)
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
Coşar İ, Danışman T, Karahasan Ş B (2023b) A new record of crab spider (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Turkey. Munis Entomology and Zoology 18: 1419-1422 
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Jantscher E (2001a) Revision der Krabbenspinnengattung Xysticus C.L. Koch, 1835 (Araneae, Thomisidae) in Zentraleuropa. Dissertation, Univ. Graz, 328 pp., 81 pls.
Lazarov S (2004) A contribution to the study of spiders (Araneae) in Macedonia. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 56: 155-166
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Thaler K (1981c) Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Nordtirol (Österreich) (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 61: 105-150
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2