Male

The patellar apophysis has a notch, which can be very shallow in some individuals, so it can be confused with C. poweri. Prosoma with narrow black longitudinal line, ocular region slightly darker than the rest and darker lines radiating from the fovea. Fovea brown, large and deep. Eyes arranged in two slightly procurved rows. Chelicera brown-orange.  Labium slightly longer than wide. Sternum also slightly longer than wide. Legs brown-yellow, lighter than prosomal colouration, coxae with brown longitudinal line on latero-anterior side. Palps same colouration as legs except darker tibia. Characteristic retrolateral patellar apophysis ending in two lobes. Dorsal lobe larger than ventral lobe. Bulbus with large and pointed ventral part of conductor.

prosoma length: 3.6 mm, prosoma width: 2.6 mm.

Body length male: 7.5 mm

Female

Prosoma brown-red and darker than in males, without longitudinal line. Epigyne resembles C. pastor but longer than wide.

Prosoma length: 5.5 mm, prosoma width: 3.4 mm.

Body length female: 12.5 mm

Additional information

Italian Alps, 1100-2500 m