Provisionally key to the Salticidae of southern Europe


Habitus
	Habitus in general	beetle-like (habitus sturdy, like a beetle) ant-like (habitus small, elongated like an ant) normal (habitus like a "normal spider" )
	Habitus coloration	zebra like (dark with white horizontal stripes) dark & bright (dark with bright vertical stripes or vice versa) Spots on OS (dark, OS with bright spots ) orange or red (OS orange or red) dark (PS and OS generally dark, sometimes spots or stripes on the OS)
Prosoma
	Cheliceral teeth	nullidentat (no tooth on the retromarginal border of the chelicera ) unidentat (only one tooth on the retromarginal border of the chelicera ) pluridentat (more than one tooth on the retromarginal border of the chelicera ) fissidentati (fusioned tooth or teeth on the retromarginal border of the chelicera )
	Labium	longer than widewider than long
	Sternum	length : width < 2 : 1length : width > 2 : 1
	border Sternum : Labium	Sternum < LabiumSternum = LabiumSternum > Labium
	Frontal eye row	dorsal edge straightdorsal edge procurvedorsal edge recurve
	Diameter VMA : height Clypeus	> 2:1<2:1
	VMA	separatedtogether
	VLA	separated from VMAtogether with VMA
	HLA <\|=\|> VLA	HLA < VLAHLA = VLAHLA > VLA
Opistosoma
	Scutum	dorsal or ventral scleroticed plate
	surface	shiny, hairless (only with some bristles, no flat and broad hairs)
Legs
	Stridulatory spines on Femur I	present (Spines on the inner side of Femur I and below lateral eye row )
	Length legs male	1-2-3-41-2-4-31-3-4-21-4-3-21-4-2-33-4-1-24-1-3-24-3-1-2
	Length legs female	1-4-3-23-1-4-23-4-1-24-1-2-34-1-3-24-3-1-2
	MT- spine rows leg III	01234
	MT-Spine rows leg IV	01234
	scopula hairs	enlarged I & II (at least half of tarsus ventrally with scopula hairs) enlarged I (at least half of tarsus ventrally with scopula hairs)
	tarsal claws leg I	without teethwith short teethwith long teeth
Pedipalpus
	Femoralapophysis	present (Femur with apophysis)
	Bulbus	with apophysisroundedelongated
	Embolus	wrapped < 1 around bulbus (Embolus long, wrapped with less than 1 repeat round bulbus ) wrapped > 1 around bulbus (Embolus long, wrapped with more than 1 repeat round bulbus ) circular curved (Embolus apical at bulbus, circular curved ) short chisel-like (visible part of Embolus distal at bulbus, short or long, tip often like an chisel) counterclockwise (Embolus distal bent left counterclockwise)
	retrolateral Tibialapophysis	absent

Provisionally key to the Salticidae of southern Europe

Habitus

Habitus in general

Habitus coloration

Prosoma

Cheliceral teeth

Labium

Sternum

border Sternum : Labium

Frontal eye row

Diameter VMA : height Clypeus

VMA

VLA

HLA <|=|> VLA

Opistosoma

Scutum

surface

Legs

Stridulatory spines on Femur I

Length legs male

Length legs female

MT- spine rows leg III

MT-Spine rows leg IV

scopula hairs

tarsal claws leg I

Pedipalpus

Femoralapophysis

Bulbus

Embolus

retrolateral Tibialapophysis

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