araneae - Iberesia castillana

Description

Male

Prosoma brownish, covered with whitish hairs. Prosoma length: 6.0 mm. Legs: patella I with 3 lateral spines, tibia IV with 2-3 dorsal spines, anterior metatarsi with 3 pro- and 3 retrolateral spines, posterior metatarsi with 4 pro- and 4 retrolateral spines.

Body length male: 13 mm

Female

Female unknown.

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain

Figures

Pedipalp with tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Luis de la Iglesia 2019)

Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Luis de la Iglesia et al. 2021)

Bulbus
(Decae & Cardoso 2006)

Bulbus, ventral view
(Luis de la Iglesia et al. 2021)

Spermathecae
(Luis de la Iglesia et al. 2021)

Prosoma, dorsal view
(Luis de la Iglesia et al. 2021)

Sternum
(Luis de la Iglesia et al. 2021)

Tibia and metatarsus I, lateral view
(Luis de la Iglesia et al. 2021)

Metatarsus I, ventral view
(Luis de la Iglesia et al. 2021)

Spermathecae
(Luis de la Iglesia et al. 2021)

Eyes and clypeus
(Luis de la Iglesia et al. 2021)

Sternum
(Luis de la Iglesia et al. 2021)

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

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254

Decae A, Cardoso P (2006) Iberesia, a new genus of trapdoor spiders (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from Portugal & Spain. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 12: 3-11

Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522

Luis de la Iglesia J A (2019) A new Iberian trapdoor spider, Iberesia valdemoriana n. sp., and the first records of I. brauni and I. barbara in the Iberian Peninsula (Araneae: Nemesiidae). Arachnology 18: 156-171

Luis de la Iglesia J A, García M C, Pérez C P, Baltanás R M (2021) Iberesia castillana (Frade & Bacelar, 1931), redescription of the male, first description of the female, and a key to the presently known species of genus Iberesia (Araneae, Nemesiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 38: 163-185

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2

24-09-2021	Image insert
16-12-2019	Image insert
02-10-2014	Image insert

Iberesia castillana (Frade & Bacelar, 1931)