Olios sericeus (Kroneberg, 1875)
Description
Male
Bulbus in its distal half with a small and narrowly bent embolus, bearing a serrate ridge. Tegulum with a massive apophysis, extending prolaterally beyond the cymbium; prolateral and ventral margins of the apophysis serrated. Single retrolateral tibial apophysis broad, bent dorsad.
Body length male: 9.6–10.7 mmFemale
Epigyne with median slit, the latter diverging regularly posterior, but abruptly anterior, forming wide pit. Internal duct system with a glandular structure close to the copulatory openings, otherwise with simple course, only with a small loop close to fertilisation ducts.
Variation: Median margins of lateral lobes with or without humps in anterior half. Surface of internal duct system more or less furrowed.
Body length female: 9.6-10.7 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Jäger & Otto 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Khasayeva & Huseynov 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jäger & Otto 2007)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Nadolny & Yemets 2024)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Nadolny & Yemets 2024)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Nadolny & Yemets 2024)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Nadolny & Yemets 2024)
Epigyne
(Jäger & Otto 2007)
Epigyne
(Nadolny & Yemets 2024)
Epigyne
(Nadolny & Yemets 2024)
Epigyne
(Nadolny & Yemets 2024)
Epigyne
(Nadolny & Yemets 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Jäger & Otto 2007)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Nadolny & Yemets 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Nadolny & Yemets 2024)
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
Jäger P, Otto S (2007) New records of Olios sericeus (Kroneberg 1875) with notes on its taxonomy and biogeography (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparassinae) Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 14: 19-24 
Khasayeva S I, Huseynov E F (2019) New records of spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) from Azerbaijan. Euroasian Entomological Journal 18: 357-361
Nadolny A A, Yemets M D (2024) Identification of synanthropic huntsman spider findings (Aranei, Sparassidae) with notes on the species composition in Crimea. Biodiversity and Sustainable Development 9(2): 11-16
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
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
Zarikian N A, Kalashian M Y (2021) An annotated checklist of spiders deposited in the Arachnida collection of the Institute of Zoology, Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of the NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia. Part I. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 61: 11-19