araneae - Argenna subnigra

Description

Tibial apophysis broadly truncated. Embolus with broad tip. Epigyne with 2 distinct, circular grooves. Prosoma brown, eye region, fovea, radial stripes and margin black. Sternum dark brown, with black margin. Chelicerae dark brown to black. Legs light brown, distinctly darkly annulated. Opisthosoma dark brown, almost black, rarely with fine, lighter stripes. Palpal tibia dorsal pilose, length vs. breadth slightly over 1 (nearly not elongate).

Body length male: 2.0-2.5 mm
Body length female: 2.5-4.5 mm

Additional information

In sunny localities on the ground and on lichens, under stones and in leaf litter

Frequency: Not frequent

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2019): Europe, Azerbaijan, China

Phenology



Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Figures

Pedipalp
(Miller 1947)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Miller 1947)

Pedipalp
(Miller 1947)

Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)

Epigyne
(Braendegaard 1966)

Epigyne
(Palmgren 1977)

Epigyne
(Wiehle 1953)

Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Vulva
(Miller 1947)

Vulva
(Wiehle 1953)

Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1953)

References

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Braendegaard J (1966) Edderkopper: Eller Spindlere I Danmarks Fauna 72: 1-224

Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin

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

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

Miller F (1947) Pavoucí zvírena hadcových stepí u Mohelna. Arch Sv Vyzk ochr prirod kraj zem Morav 7: 1-107

Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Palmgren P (1977) Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens VIII. Fauna Fenn 30: 1-50

Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94

Ponomarev A V, Khnykin A S (2013) Spiders (Aranei) of Volgograd sity and its environs. The South of Russia: ecology, development 4: 109-136

Wiehle H (1953) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae), IX. Orthognatha-Cribellata-Haplogynae, Entelegynae (Pholcidae, Zodariidae, Oxyopidae, Mimetidae, Nesticidae). Tierwelt Deutschlands 42

World Spider Catalog (2018) World Spider Catalog, version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (15.07.2018) doi: 10.24436/2

Argenna subnigra (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861)