Neoscona subfusca (C. L. Koch, 1837)
Description
Prosoma yellow to brown, covered with white hairs. Sternum light in the middle and darker along margins. Chelicerae with 3-4 denticles on promargin and 3 denticles on retromargin. Legs dark brown with light annulations. Opisthosoma: dorsum light, with folium-like pattern (variable), venter black, bordered with white and 2 white spots close to the spinnerets.
Body length male: 4.1-6.2 mmBody length female: 5.4-11.2 mm
Additional information
E.g., in citrus groves
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pesarini unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 1998a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1998a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Bosmans & Hervé 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Hervé 2021)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Hervé 2021)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Stanković 2023)
Tibia II
(Levy 1998a)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Levy 1998a)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Levy 1998a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1998a)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Levy 1998a)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Hervé 2021)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Pintilioaie & Urák 2022a)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Pintilioaie & Urák 2022a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Pintilioaie & Urák 2022a)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Levy 1998a)
Epigyne, variation, posterior view
(Levy 1998a)
Epigyne, variation, posterior view
(Levy 1998a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1998a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1998a)
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
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) 
Blick T (2018) A small collection of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the River Vjosa, Albania – with an updated spider checklist of Albania. Acta ZooBot Austria 155: 213-232
Bosmans R, Hervé C (2021) Less is more: eight new synonyms in Mediterranean spiders (Araneae), with a new Pelecopsis species from Tunisia (Linyphiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 61: 58-64
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
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2023b) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2023 [last updated 17 July 2023], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Kovblyuk M M, Gnelitsa V A, Nadolny A A, Kastrygina Z A, Kukushkin, O V (2016) Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Karadag Nature Reserve (Crimea). Ekosystemy 3(33): 3-288
Levy G (1998a) Twelve genera of orb-weaver spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 43: 311-365
Mestre L, Piñol J, Barrientos J A, Cama A, Espadaler X (2012) Effects of ant competition and bird predation on the spider assemblage of a citrus grove. Basic and Applied Ecology 13: 355-362
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. 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). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Pesarini C (unpubl.)
Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110
Pintilioaie A-M, Urák I (2022a) First record of Neoscona byzanthina (Araneae: Araneidae) in Romania. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 63: 1-3
Stanković B (2023) Diversity of spider fauna in the area of Jagodina (Serbia). In: Seydoşoğlu, S. & Durna Aydin, Ö (eds.) International Cukurova Agriculture and Veterinary Congress 4. Adana, pp. 590-615
WSC (2023) World Spider Catalog. Version 24.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (25.10.2023) doi: 10.24436/2
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