Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757)
Description
Broad anterior part of median epigynal part distinctly widened anteriorly. Prosoma dark red-brown, median stripe reddish, lateral longitudinal stripes not distinct, but not broken. Prosoma length: 3.3-3.9 mm. Sternum brown, frequently with bright median spot. Femur ventrally with broken annulations. Opisthosoma yellowish red to olive-brown with bright pattern. Spinnerets dark brown to black.
Body length male: 7 mmBody length female: 7.5-11 mm
Additional information
In gardens, meadows and open forests, up to > 2000 m
Frequency: Very frequent
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp in detail, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolus
(Kronestedt 1990)
Embolus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tegular apophysis, frontal view
(Roberts 1998)
Tegular apophysis
(Loksa 1972)
Tegular apophysis, frontal view
(Kronestedt 1990)
Tegular apophysis
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Wiebes 1959)
Epigyne
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Vulva
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Vulva
(Loksa 1972)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Kronestedt 1990)
Vulva
(Kronestedt 1990)
Tarsus I, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
References
Azheganova N S (1968) Kratkii opredelitel' paukov (Aranei) lesnoi i lesostepnoi zony SSSR. Akademia Nauk SSSR: 1-149
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
Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152 
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2019) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2018 [last updated 1 January 2019], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Fuhn I E, Niculescu-Burlacu (1971) Fam. Lycosidae. Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania (Arachnida) 5 (3): 1-253
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Kronestedt T (1990) Separation of two species standing as Alopecosa aculeata (Clerck) by morphological, behavioural and ecological characters, with remarks on related species in the pulverulenta group (Araneae, Lycosidae). Zoologica Scr 19: 203-225
Lissner J, Jensen J-K, Hansen L J, Simonsen W, Kelduni R, Nissen K (2016b) An updated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Faroe Islands. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 197-240
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British Spiders 1. Ray Soc London
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders 3. Ray Soc London
Loksa I (1972) Pokok II-Araneae II. Fauna Hungariae 109: 3.1-3.112
Lugetti G, Tongiorgi P (1969) Ricerche sul genere Alopecosa Simon (Araneae-Lycosidae). Atti Soc Tosc Sci Nat Mem B 76: 1-100
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. [Old pdf-version: Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at Pantini_&_Isaia_- _Checklist_of_the_Italian_spiders._June_2018.] Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion Natuur Baarn, Netherlands
Wiebes J T (1959) The Lycosidae and Pisauridae (Araneae) of the Netherlands. Zool Verh 42: 1-78
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
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