Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757)
Description
Male palp with median apophysis ending pointed. Epigyne with spoon-shaped scapus. Prosoma reddish dark brown. Opisthosoma extremely flat and uniformly reddish dark brown to almost black. Dark folium margined by narrow, yellowish line. Sides only slightly brighter than folium, mostly reddish brown.
Body length male: 7.5-9.0 mmBody length female: 11.0-16.0 mm
Additional information
Very often on trees and buildings in narrow crevices.
This species can bite humans (Nentwig et al., 2013). The bite is not very painful and pain disappears after a few minutes.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1931)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1931)
Pedipalp in detail
(Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1931)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Maxillae and labium, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1931)
Habitus
(Loksa 1972)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
References
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Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.07.2022) doi: 10.24436/2
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