Illustrated key and survey of the
Ballus
species
Habitus
Chelicera
Palp
RTA
Epigyne
Vulva
leg
Illustration
Foto
MALES
Eyes
+
AER
dorsal edge straight
Labium
+
Length
wider than long
Embolus
+
Shape
circular curved
Legs
+
Leg formula
1-4-2-3
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
Europe
Afrika
Eastern Europe & Asia
Australia & South Pacific
Middle East
FEMALES
Eyes
+
AER
dorsal edge straight
Labium
+
Length
wider than long
Legs
+
Leg formula
1-4-2-3
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
Europe
Afrika
Eastern Europe & Asia
Australia & South Pacific
Middle East
Anatomical/Morphological characters are used conforming to the Spider Anatomy Ontology whenever possible (Ramírez & Michalik 2019 – Diversity 11: 1–9.)
accessible through
ONTOBEE
The Key ist very fragmentic at the moment and only some genera like
Corythalia
show all possibilities of the matrix based key. Possibly a future project to add traits for genera and species for more taxa - system is ready for that ;-).