Aelurillus kochi, Roewer, 1951

Wesolowska, W. & van Harten, A., 2010, Order Araneae, Arthropod fauna of the UAE, Abu Dhabi: Dar Al Ummah, pp. 27-69 : 28-30

Aelıırillııs koclıi Roewer, 1951 Plates 3-4, Figures 8 10

Specimens examined: N ofAjman, 1♂, 21-25.x.2007, WT ; 1♂, ll 25.xi.2006, WT .

Description: Measurements. Cephalothorax length 2.3-2.7, width 1.8-1.9, height 1.0- 1.1. Abdomen length 2.3 2.6, width 1.6-1.9. Eye field length 0.8 1.0, anterior width 1.2-1.4, posterior width 1.1-1.2.

Male. Medium-sized, hairy spider ( Plate 3). Carapace dark, densely covered with greyish hairs, on lateral slopes hairs fawn. Three longitudinal light streaks on eye field formed by white hairs, near eyes some brown long setae. Anterior eyes surrounded by fawn small scales. Clypeus with white hairs, chelicerae orange ( Plate 4). Labium and gnathocoxae orange with white margins, sternum almost black. Abdomen dark grey, clothed in light hairs, venter whitish. Spinnerets yellow. Legs whitish yellow, covered with light hairs with admixture of brown ones, spines brown, scopulae dark. First leg with black tibia, metatarsus and tarsus ( Fig. 8), femur bears dense white hairs, on retrolateral surface with two tufts of fawn ones.

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Pedipalps white, densely covered with long white hairs, but cyrnbium and bulb blackish. Palp structure as in Figures 9 and 10. Description of female: See Prószyñski (2003).

Distribution: So far only known from Greece, Syria and Israel. New to the UAE.