Trochosa robusta (Simon, 1876)
Description
Prosoma with bright, yellowish median band and dark lateral bands, 2 dark, longish oval stripes in anterior half of bright median band. Tarsus I male: pretty thick in male, short and densely haired, black like metatarsus. Opisthosoma brown, dorsally with yellowish, sharply bordered cardiac mark.
Body length male: 9-18 mmBody length female: 11-18 mm
Additional information
in warm, mostly south-exposed locations, active during the night
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiebes 1959)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1972)
Median apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Median apophysis
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Median apophysis, apical view
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Leg I
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Leg I, lateral view
(Marusik & Nadolny 2020)
Epigyne
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Vulva
(Loksa 1972)
Vulva
(Wiebes 1959)
Leg I
(Otto & Japoshvili 2018)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Loksa 1972)
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
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
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