In addition to the genus diagnosis, the following features characterize the species:MALECephalothorax brown. Abdomen dark brown with reddish adpressed scales; two pairs of spots of intensely white scales with ends raised above surface of abdomen, followed by two pairs of marginal spots at the same level; thin white marginal line around anterior half of abdomen. Frontal aspect: face light brown, eyes surrounded with indistinct whitish scales; pedipalps olive. Legs uniformly brown with paler yellow tarsi. Ventral aspect: sternum brown; coxae yellow; abdomen greyish brown, two lines of white scales in front of spinnerets.Palpal organ: femoral apophysis large, slightly wavy but not bent; bulbus anteriorly rounded; embolus bent and hook-like, arising medially from the anterior extension of the bulbus. (c) PRÓSZYŃSKI 2003 Body: Markings: Opistosoma with dark or bright spots . basic colouring dark. Eyes: AER: dorsal edge procurve. Labium: Length: wider than long. Palp: Femur: process with one end. Embolus: Shape: short chisel-like. Legs: Leg formula: 4-1-3-2. Distribution: Geographical Distribution: Europe. Middle East. FEMALECephalothorax brown. Abdomen dark brown with reddish adpressed scales; two pairs of spots of intensely white scales with ends raised above surface of abdomen, followed by two pairs of marginal spots at the same level; thin white marginal line around anterior half of abdomen. Frontal aspect: face light brown, eyes surrounded with indistinct whitish scales; pedipalps olive. Legs uniformly brown with paler yellow tarsi. Ventral aspect: sternum brown; coxae yellow; abdomen greyish brown, two lines of white scales in front of spinnerets.Epigynum: opening of the chamber (created by curved upward edges of epigynum) in anterior half of epigynum, transverse oval, leading to posterior semicircular pocket; copulatory openings median, hidden inside pocket; copulatory channels radiating diagonally postero- laterally, bending outside the pocket and turning medially; accessory gland opening at bend of channels. (c) PRÓSZYŃSKI 2003 Body: Markings: basic colouring dark. Eyes: AER: dorsal edge procurve. Labium: Length: wider than long. Distribution: Geographical Distribution: Europe. Middle East. COMMENTSDiagnosis. Abdomen with 2 pairs of spots of white scales with raised ends, legs brown. Male bulbus apically rounded, without protuberance; embolus short, arising from a broad base and bending, hook-like. Female opening to the epigynal chamber transverse oval, in the anterior half of epigynum; margins of opening not depressed; copulatory openings inside posterior pocket.Seasonal appearance of adult specimens. Males - II, III, IV, V; females - III, IV. (c) PRÓSZYŃSKI 2003 |