Arctosa alpigena alpigena (Doleschall, 1852)
Description
Prosoma red-brown, with black dots. Prosoma length female: 3.8-4.1 mm, prosoma length male: 3.6-3.8 mm. Legs reddish, with dark spots on femur. Opisthosoma reddish, cardiac mark white yellowish, broadened anteriorly, bordered with black, posteriorly 2-3 dark spots, laterally 2-3 circular, black spots from which fine, dark lines extend.
Body length male: 4.8-6.4 mmBody length female: 6.7-9.3 mm
Additional information
In grass heathland, in the mountains from 800 m up to timberline
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Buchar & Thaler 1995a)
Embolic division
(Buchar & Thaler 1995a)
Tegular apophysis, ventral view
(Déjean & Villepoux 2019)
Epigyne
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Vulva
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Femur
(Buchar 1981)
Tarsus of leg I
(Buchar 1981)
Habitus
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
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
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Agnarsson I (1996) Íslenskar köngulær Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar 31: 1-175
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Buchar J (1981) Zur Lycosiden-Fauna von Tirol (Araneae: Lycosidae). Věstník Československé Zoologické Společnosti v Praze 45: 4-13
Buchar J, Thaler K (1995a) Die Wolfspinnen von Österreich 2: Gattungen Arctosa, Tricca, Trochosa (Arachnida, Araneida: Lycosidae) - Faunistisch-tiergeographische Übersicht. Carinthia II 185/105: 481-498
Buchar J, Thaler K (1997) Die Wolfspinnen von Österreich 4 (Schluß): Gattung Pardosa max. p. (Arachnida, Araneae: Lycosidae) - Faunistisch-tiergeographische Übersicht. Carinthia II 187/107: 515-539
Déjean S, Villepoux O (2019) Découverte d’Arctosa renidescens Buchar & Thaler, 1995 (Araneae, Lycosidae), espèce nouvelle pour la faune de France, dans le Parc Naturel Régional du Queyras. Revue Arachnologique (2) 6: 20-23
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Koponen S, Marusik Y M, Tanasevitch A V (1998) New data on the spider fauna of the Polar Urals (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 6: 109-119
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
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. Vol. I. Ray Society, London, 310 pp.
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Lugetti G, Tongiorgi P (1965) Revisione delle specie italiane dei generi Arctosa C. L. Koch e Tricca Simon con note su una Acantholycosa della Alpi Giulie (Aran. Lycosidae). Redia 49: 165-228
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Morka G H (unpubl.)
Nekhaeva A A (2020) On the spider fauna (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Kanin Peninsula and Kolguev Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 29: 387-398
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). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2
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