Sandalodes superbus (Karsch, 1878)
Description
Prosoma dark brown-red. Chelicerae black, weakly shiny. Legs covered with grey hairs. Opisthosoma yellowish olive-green, dorsum in posterior half with a white quadrangular spot, corners with laterally prolongating lines.
Body length male: 12 mmAdditional information
This species of New Guinea / Australian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did not establish.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Förster & Bertkau 1883)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Żabka 2000)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Żabka 2000)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Förster & Bertkau 1883)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Förster & Bertkau 1883)
Chelicera, frontal view
(Żabka 2000)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Förster & Bertkau 1883)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Żabka 2000)
Epigyne
(Żabka 2000)
Vulva
(Żabka 2000)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Żabka 2000)
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
Breitling R, Bauer T, Schäfer M, Morano E, Barrientos J A, Blick T (2016b) Phantom spiders 2: More notes on dubious spider species from Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 52: 50-77 
Förster A, Bertkau P (1883) Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Spinnenfauna der Rheinprovinz. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 40: 205-278
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
Żabka M (2000) Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, XIII: the genus Sandalodes Keyserling. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 695-704