Neaetha membrosa (Simon, 1868)
Description
Prosoma dorsally orange to dark brown with light orange scale hairs, laterally with white hairs and black margin. Eyes black margined, haired light orange. Sternum dark brown, brighter medially, with long white hairs. Opisthosoma dorsally black with beige spots and chevrons.
Body length male: 3.0-3.7 mmBody length female: 4.3-4.7 mm
Additional information
On gravel banks, on beaches, in dry meadows.
Note: After Logunov (2015) and Lecigne (2016c) the female of N. membrosa shown by Metzner (1999) is a misidentified N. absheronica. The male shown by Metzner (1999) sub N. membrosa could also belong to N. absheronica (needs to be verified).
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Noflatscher 1993)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Schäfer & Klimsa 2017)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Schäfer & Klimsa 2017)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Berretima et al. 2025)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Berretima et al. 2025)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Logunov 1996c)
Spermatheca, ventral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535 
Berretima W, Kherbouche-Abrous O, Doumandji S, Azarkina G N (2025) New data and a checklist of the jumping spiders (Aranei: Salticidae) of Algeria. Arthropoda Selecta 34: 64-76
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Hänggi A, Stäubli A, Heer X, Trivellone V, Pollini Paltrinieri L, Moretti M (2014) Eleven new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) for Switzerland discovered in vineyards in Ticino - What are possible reasons? Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 87: 215-228
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lecigne S (2016c) Contribution à la connaissance de l'aranéofaune (Araneae) de Crète (Grèce) et description de la femelle inconnue de Neaetha absheronica Logunov & Guseinov, 2002 (Salticidae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 30: 95-118
Logunov D V (1996c) Taxonomic remarks on the genera Neaetha Simon, 1884 and Cembalea Wesolowska, 1993 (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 7: 515-532
Logunov D V (2015) Taxonomic-faunistic notes on the jumping spiders of the Mediterranean (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 24: 33-85
Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Noflatscher M-T (1993) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna Südtirols - IV: Epigäische Spinnen am Vinschgauer Sonnenberg. Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 80: 273-294
Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110
Schäfer M, Klimsa E (2017) Ein Beitrag zur Springspinnenfauna Spaniens mit drei Erstnachweisen für die Balearen (Araneae, Salticidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 53: 62-66
Vrenozi B, Jäger P (2012) A faunistic study on ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) in the Tirana district, Albania. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 81-87
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 27-10-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 30-05-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 19-10-2022 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 05-01-2015 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 16-10-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |