Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841 | key
Genus: Ballus C. L. Koch, 1850 | key
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    Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802)      [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:032403]
    Description

    Embolus at tip of bulbus, convoluted. Epigyne with horseshoe-like sclerotised wall. Prosoma posteriorly covered by opisthosoma, eye region greater than half of visible prosomal part, male: prosoma surface roughly sculptured, shiny metallic. Legs light brown to red-brown. Opisthosoma strongly sclerotised, light brown with dark median band, posteriorly crossed by dark transverse band.

    Body length male: 2.7-3.6 mm, Body length female: 3-3.4 mm

    Additional information

    small, compact species. On shrubbery of deciduous forests and in leaf litter, mostly at sunny forest edges

    Distribution
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    Global distribution (Platnick 2013): Europe, North Africa to Central Asia

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    References

    Bayram A, Kunt K B, Danýþman T (2012) The Checklist of the Spiders of Turkey. Version 2012.1 Online at http://www.spidersofturkey.com

    Braendegaard J (1972a) Edderkopper eller spindlere I. Danmarks Fauna 72.

    Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British Spiders 1. Ray Soc London

    Otto S, Tramp S (2011) Caucasian Spiders – A faunistic Database on the Spiders of the Caucasus (Version 2.0 Beta).
    Internet: db.caucasus-spiders.info/Area/152 (July 2011)

    Pesarini C (unpubl.)

    Platnick N I (2013) The world spider catalog, version 13.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog. DOI: 10.5531/db.iz.0001

    Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion Natuur Baarn, Netherlands

    Stankovic B (unpubl.)

    van Helsdingen P J (2010) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org

    Vrenozi B, Jäger P (2012) A faunistic study on ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) in the Tirana district, Albania. Arachnol Mitt 44: 81-87.

    Zabka M (1997) Salticidae: Pajaki skaczace (Arachnida: Araneae) (Salticidae of Poland). Fauna Polski (Fauna Poloniae) 19: 1-18.