Asianellus potanini (Schenkel, 1963)
Description
Male
Prosoma yellow-brown, with dark "veins", medially and laterally covered with brown hairs, 2 white stripes behind posterior lateral eyes. Prosoma length: 2.88 mm, prosoma width: 2.20 mm. Chelicerae yellow. Sternum yellow to brown. Legs yellow, with brown spots. Tarsi and metatarsus I always darker than remaining segments. Opisthosoma: dorsum with scutum, dark grey, with 2 dark brown longitudinal stripes, venter yellow to grey-yellow.
Female
Generally lighter and paler colouration than in males. Prosoma brown-yellow, eye field brown. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Sternum yellow, with a tinge of grey. Prosoma length: 3.38 mm, prosoma width: 2.40 mm. Legs yellow with brown rings and patches. Opisthosoma: dorsum yellow-grey, longitudinal stripes weakly expressed.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Embolus
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Embolus
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Tip of embolus
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Tibial apophysis
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Vulva
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Logunov & Hęciak 1996)
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
Logunov D V (2015) Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24: 33-85 
Logunov D V, Hęciak S (1996) Asianellus, a new genus of the subfamily Aelurillinae (Araneae: Salticidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 26: 103-117
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
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