Illustrated key and survey of the
Philaeus
species
Habitus
Chelicera
Palp
RTA
Epigyne
Vulva
leg
Illustration
Foto
MALES
Body
+
Markings
dark or bright vertical stripes
Opistosoma with dark or bright spots
Opistosoma mostly orange or red
Eyes
+
AER
dorsal edge procurve
Labium
+
Length
longer than wide
Embolus
+
Shape
wrapped < 1 around bulbus
Legs
+
Leg formula
1-2-4-3
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
Europe
North America
Afrika
Eastern Europe & Asia
Middle East
FEMALES
Body
+
Markings
Opistosoma with dark or bright spots
Eyes
+
AER
dorsal edge procurve
Labium
+
Length
longer than wide
Legs
+
Leg formula
1-2-4-3
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
Europe
North America
Afrika
Eastern Europe & Asia
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 ;-).