Chaerea maritimus Simon, 1885
Description
Male
Pedipalp: cymbium flat, tibial apophysis collar-shaped, embolus semi-circular, long and slender. Prosoma yellow-brown, cephalic part dark brown (yellow-brown in preserved specimens). Prosoma length: 0.8-1.03 mm. Chelicerae dark brown (yellow-brown in preserved specimens), promargin with 3 and retromargin with 2 teeth. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma pale yellow (white in preserved specimens), without pattern, covered with olive-grey pubescence.
Body length male: 2.1-2.3 mmFemale
Epigyne: copulatory openings wide, semi-circular, introductory ducts long, transverse; spermathecae small, almost circular. Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.16 mm.
Body length female: 2.7 mmAdditional information
In coastal habitats.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2016)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Chelicera, lateral view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Leg IV, prolateral view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Epigyne
(Bosmans et al. 2016)
Vulva (right half), dorsal view
(Lissner & Chatzaki 2016b)
Vulva
(Bosmans et al. 2016)
Vulva
(Bosmans et al. 2016)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Bosmans R, Oger P, Ponel P (2016) Altella emilieae Lissner, 2016 (Araneae: Dictynidae) is a junior synonym of Chaerea maritimus Simon, 1884 and a widespread Mediterranean halophilous species. Arachnology 17: 159-160
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Lissner J, Chatzaki M (2016b) Description of a new Altella Simon, 1884 (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Greece. Arachnology 17: 39-42
Simon E (1885c) Arachnides nouveaux d'Algérie. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 321-327
Trotta A (2019) Note on spiders collected in coastal habitats and first Italian record of Chaerea maritimus (Arachnida, Araneae) Bulletin of Environmental and Life Sciences 1: 33-36
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