Salticidae  Blackwall, 1841 / Saitis  Simon, 1876   7 species

Saitis ariadneae  Logunov, 2001

Description
Male

Prosoma yellow-brown, covered with white scales, median stripe poorly marked, black around eyes. Prosoma length: 1.83 mm, Prosoma width: 1.18 mm. Sternum, maxillae and chelicerae yellow. Labium brownish. Legs I and II yellow, legs III and IV yellow, with brown colour pattern. Opisthosoma yellow, dorsum with grey reticulate pattern and yellow-brown scutum.

Female

Prosoma length; 2.06 mm, prosoma width: 1.63 mm. Colouration as in males, except: all legs yellow and labium yellow.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece (Crete)
Phenology
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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 / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Logunov D V (2001b) New and poorly known species of the jumping spiders (Aranei: Salticidae) from Afghanistan, Iran and Crete. Arthropoda Selecta 10: 59-66 pdf

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 pdf

Updates
15-10-2013 Datasheet update Detail
15-10-2013 Image insert