Uloborus plumipes Lucas, 1846
Description
Prosoma densely haired, without pronounced longitudinal stripes. Legs brown haired, annulated with white-bluish. Tibia I female: with strikingly long, black plumose hairs. Opisthosoma light brown with darker median line, densely haired, dorsally with 2 humps in anterior part, 2 white spots between them.
Body length male: 3-4 mmBody length female: 3-6 mm
Additional information
In tropics and subtropics in the Old World, in Mediterranean area in Italy and France in the open land, in Great Britain, Central and North Europe imported to greenhouses in many cases. They were thought to develop parthenogenetically in greenhouses, as it seems that only females occur, but this must be doubted because of the cryptic living of males.
Oxford (2011) showed convincingly that Uloborus plumipes is not parthenogenetic in urban populations in Europe (and probably nowhere else).
Since a few decades, this species shows some spreading tendencies within Europe. Nevertheless, it shall not be listed as alien or invasive because it is native for Europe.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Meng unpupl.)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Prosoma
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Meng unpupl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1979f)
Vulva
(Horak & Kropf 1999)
Prosoma
(Roberts 1998)
Tibia I
(Roberts 1998)
Habitus
(Jonsson 1998)
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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Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
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Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
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Jonsson L J (1998) Toftspindeln – en spindelart som invaderat Europas växthus [The feather-Iegged spider, Uloborus plumipes – invading European greenhouses]. Fauna och Flora 93: 119-124
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Meng (unpupl.)
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Oxford G (2011) Death of an urban myth - parthenogenesis in Uloborus plumipes. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 121: 6-8
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Updates
| 09-01-2023 | Gallery image insert | |
| 21-05-2020 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 06-05-2020 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 18-05-2018 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 18-05-2018 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 26-10-2015 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 24-04-2015 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 15-10-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |