Plexippus clemens

Plexippus clemens is a small spider, The female has a typical total length of 5.2 mm (0.20 in). It has a carapace, the hard upper shell of the forward section of the spider, that measures between 2.5 and 2.7 mm (0.098 and 0.106 in) in length and between 1.0 and 2 mm (0.039 and 0.079 in) in width and an abdomen, or section behind the carapace, between 2.3 and 2.9 mm (0.091 and 0.114 in) in length and between 1.3 and 1.9 mm (0.051 and 0.075 in) in width. Its carapace is yellow with a black eye field. Its sternum, or underside of the forward section, is yellow. It mouthparts, including its labium and maxillae, are also yellow. Its chelicerae are rounded. The abdomen is dull yellow with yellow-brown stripes, a pale central band and a series of yellow-brown chevrons to the rear. It has yellow legs that have more spines than the related Plexippus devorans. The spider's copulatory organs show its relationship with other Plexippus spiders, particularly the general plan of its internal features. However, they are unique to the species in detail. Its epigyne, the external and most visible of its copulatory organs, has a distinctive circular depression towards the front, behind which runs a furrow down the middle of the organ. The two copulatory openings lie in diagonal slits. …

Plexippus clemens lives in many countries around the Mediterranean Sea and across Asia. It has been found in Algeria, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Libya, Pakistan, Turkey and Yemen.. The holotype was collected from the plains around the River Jordan. It lives in desert environments. The species was first seen in Turkey in 2011 amongst the mountains of the Balışeyh District in Kırıkkale Province.