Uloborus walckenaerius Latreille, 1806
Description
Prosoma densely provided with white hairs, with grey to black longitudinal bands. Sternum black. Legs dark grey-brown to red-brown and vaguely annulated with white. Legs I and II especially long. Metatarsus IV with calamistrum consisting of 30-34 bristles. Opisthosoma whitish grey with continuation of prosoma pattern, fluffy haired.
Body length male: 4-5 mmBody length female: 6-8 mm
Additional information
in warm, open localities, between heath or gorse. Builds horizontal orb webs (diameter 13-18 cm) with cribellate spiral (gleaming bluish), mostly close (10 cm) above ground, sometimes with radial stabilimentum, spider hangs beneath hub. Longish cocoon (70-100 eggs) on border of web
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Drensky 1939)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1969)
Pedipalp, anterior view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, posterior view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Zhang et al. 2022a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zhang et al. 2022a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zhang et al. 2022a)
Tibia I, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1969)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1953)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Crespo et al. 2009b)
Epigyne
(Wiśniewski & Dawidowicz 2017)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Zhang et al. 2022a)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1979d)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1953)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wiśniewski & Dawidowicz 2017)
Vulva, ventral view
(Wiśniewski & Dawidowicz 2017)
Vulva, ventral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Vulva, posterior view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Vulva, anterior view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Zhang et al. 2022a)
Prosoma
(Wiehle 1953)
Tibia I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, lateral view
(Wiehle 1953)
Habitus
(Loksa 1969)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Drensky 1939)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Loksa 1969)
Metatarsus IV
(Wiehle 1953)
Spinnerets, cribellum
(Wiehle 1953)
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
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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, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
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Crespo L C, Cardoso P, Henriques S, Gaspar C (2009b) Spiders (Araneae) from Porto Santo (Madeira, Portgal): Additions to the current knowledge. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 45: 471-475
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Drensky P (1939) Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens. III. Unterordnung Arachnomorphae, II Gruppe Trionychia; Familien: Urocteidae, Uloboridae, Sicaridae, Pholcidae, Eresidae. Izvestiya na Tsarskite Prirodonauchni Instituti v Sofia 12: 231-252
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
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Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Mikhailov K G (2013) The spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries: a non-annotated checklist. Arthropoda Selecta, Supplement 3: 1-262
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Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Taberlet J-P (unpubl.)
Wiehle H (1953) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae), IX. Orthognatha-Cribellata-Haplogynae, Entelegynae (Pholcidae, Zodariidae, Oxyopidae, Mimetidae, Nesticidae). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 42: 1-150
Wiśniewski K, Dawidowicz A (2017) Uloborus walckenaerius and Oxyopes heterophthalmus in Poland (Araneae: Uloboridae, Oxyopidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 54: 48-51
WSC (2023) World Spider Catalog. Version 24. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (14.02.2023) doi: 10.24436/2
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Updates
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