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Nemesiidae  Simon, 1889 / Nemesia  Audouin, 1826   68 species

Nemesia arboricola  Pocock, 1903

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001191

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Description
Female

Prosoma brownish, cephalic part raised. Prosoma length: 6.1-8.6 mm. Legs: all fermora spineless, anterior tibiae with 7 spines, tibia II with 2 spines, tibia IV with 5-7 spines, metatarsus II with 5 spines, metatarsus III with 6 spines, metatarsus IV with 4 spines. Opisthosoma brownish.

Body length female: 16-24 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2023): Malta
Figures
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male Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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male Bulbus, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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male Bulbus, prolateral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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male Bulbus, ventral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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male Tip of embolus
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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male Patella III
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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male Tibia and metatarsus I
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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male Habitus, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Decae 2012)

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female Spermathecae, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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female Spermathecae, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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female Labium, ventral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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female Labium, ventral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)

Distribution List
Malta   (Pfliegler et al., 2017; Dandria, 2001) |||
References

Cassar T, Mifsud D, Decae A E (2022) The Nemesia trapdoor spider fauna of the Maltese archipelago, with the description of two new species (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 806: 90-112 pdf

Dandria D (2001) Observations on the endemic Maltese trap-door spider Nemesia arboricola Pocock, 1903 (Araneae: Nemesiidae). The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 3: 103-107 pdf

Decae A E (2012) Geography-related sub-generic diversity within the Mediterranean trapdoor spider genus Nemesia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43: 24-28 pdf

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 pdf

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 pdf

Updates
25-03-2022 Image insert
20-11-2021 Distribution update Detail
11-02-2016 Datasheet update Detail
19-03-2013 Image insert