Saitis tauricus Kulczyński, 1904
Description
Male
Prosoma dorsally dark brown with horn-yellow median stripe with white hairs in thoracical area. Head plate shiny black-brown, dorsally light grey. Opisthosoma dorsally beige with pattern of black spots on sides and black chevrons in light median band.
Body length male: 3.9-4.6 mmFemale
Prosoma dorsally a bit lighter than in male, covered with sparse light hairs. Opisthosoma dorsally as in male. Epigyne with two circular receptacles and laterally positioned openings.
Body length female: 4.6-5.9 mmAdditional information
Fig. of Coşar & Varol (2016) belongs here, not to S. barbipes
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Deltshev & Paraschi 1990)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Deltshev & Paraschi 1990)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev & Paraschi 1990)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev & Paraschi 1990)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Coşar & Varol 2016)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Steinwandter et al. 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Steinwandter et al. 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tutar & Yağmur 2023)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Embolus
(Deltshev & Paraschi 1990)
Embolus
(Deltshev & Paraschi 1990)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Tutar & Yağmur 2023)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva
(Deltshev & Paraschi 1990)
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
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Bosmans R, Gavalas I (2023) The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 1-91
Coşar İ, Varol M İ (2016) Six new records for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Salticidae) Turkish Journal of Entomology 40: 157-163
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Deltshev C D, Paraschi L (1990) A contribution to the study of spiders (Araneae: Dysderidae, Salticidae, Agelenidae) in Greece, with a description of a new species (Malthonica spinipalpis Deltshev, sp. n. Agelenidae). Biologia Gallo-Hellenica 17: 3-12
Komnenov M (2006) New data on jumping spiders in the Republic of Macedonia with a complete checklist (Araneae: Salticidae). In: Deltshev, C. & Stoev, P. (eds.) European Arachnology 2005. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica Supplement 1: 301-314
Korányi D, Mezőfi L, Markó V (2017) First record of the jumping spider Icius subinermis (Araneae, Salticidae) in Hungary. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 54: 38-40
Kovblyuk M M, Gnelitsa V A, Nadolny A A, Kastrygina Z A, Kukushkin, O V (2016) Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Karadag Nature Reserve (Crimea). Ekosystemy 3(33): 3-288
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
Seropian A, Bulbulashvili N, Otto S, Krammer H-J, Kachlishvili N, Datunashvili A (2023b) Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus barcode of life project. Part II. Caucasiana 2: 231-297
Steinwandter M, Ballini S, Rief A (2019) First records of Saitis tauricus (Araneae: Salticidae) from Italy in South Tyrol. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 1-3
Tutar O, Yağmur E A (2023) Spider (Araneae) fauna of İzmir Peninsula (Çeşme, Karaburun, Urla), Türkiye. Serket 19: 197-222
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
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