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Oonopidae  Simon, 1890 / Oonops  Templeton, 1835   14 species

Oonops pulcher  Templeton, 1835

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005043

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Description

Bulbus with elongated tip. Epigyne without sclerotised parts. Prosoma pale-reddish to light brick red. Tibia I ventrally with 4 pairs of long spines. Opisthosoma pale-reddish to light brick red.

Body length male: 1.6-1.8 mm
Body length female: 1.9-2.15 mm
Additional information

Under stones and in litter layer, under bark, in old bird nests, formicaries and in webs of other spiders, also in buildings

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.

Frequency: probably widely distributed

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Italy: see comment by Pantini & Isaia (2015)
Global distribution (WSC 2020): Europe, North Africa. Introduced to Tasmania
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp
(Thaler 1981c)

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male Pedipalp
(Bristowe 1948)

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)

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male Pedipalp
(Loksa 1969)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Heimer 1990)

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female Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Anterior receptaculum, dorsal view
(Thaler 1981c)

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female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Leg I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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Leg I
(Roberts 1995)

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Leg I
(Locket & Millidge 1951)

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Tibia I
(Bristowe 1948)

References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

Bristowe W S (1948) Notes on the structure and systematic position of oonopid spiders based on an examination of the British species. Proc Zool Soc Lond 118: 878-891

Heimer S (1990) Untersuchungen zur Evolution der Kopulationsorgane bei Spinnen (II) (Arachnida, Araneae). Entomol Abh Mus Tierkd Dresden 53: 97-123

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

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

Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 2.1-2.133

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Otto S (2019) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 10.2019. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online Catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other Arachnid Orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). http://araneae.it. Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Roberts M J (1995) Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins Field Guide Bath

Thaler K (1981c) Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Nordtirol (Österreich) (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröff Mus Ferdinandeum 61: 105-150

World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.09.2019) doi: 10.24436/2

Updates
22-09-2017 Image insert
21-10-2015 Distribution update Old value