Ballus variegatus Simon, 1876
Description
Male
Prosoma reddish with black patches around the eyes. Opisthosoma light with darker chromatic patches.
Body length male: 2.9-3.2 mmFemale
Prosoma as in males. Opisthosoma lighter and with less marked chromatic pattern.
Body length female: 3.1 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventro-apical view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Pedipalp without bulbus, retrolateral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Bulbus
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Bulbus
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Palpal tibia, ventral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Vulva, ventral view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
Vulva, posterior view
(Alicata & Cantarella 1988)
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
Alicata P, Cantarella T (1988) The genus Ballus: A revision of the European taxa described by Simon together with observations on the other species of the genus. Animalia 14: 35-63 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
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
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
Updates
| 02-10-2014 | Image insert |