Pelecopsis bucephala (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
Description
Tibial apophysis long, terminally with 2 recurved denticles. Epigyne with 2 tubercles on posterior margin. Prosoma reddish orange-yellow, punctured, head region tinged with brown, with a nose-like projection above clypeus and a globular tubercle bearing posterior median eyes. Sternum reddish orange-yellow, punctured. Legs bright orange-yellow. Opisthosoma black, with scutum, with punctured spots
Body length male: 2-2.8 mmBody length female: 2-2.75 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Pesarini unpubl.)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Cárdenas & Barrientos 2011)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Cárdenas & Barrientos 2011)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Denis 1968a)
Embolic division
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)
Tip of tibial apophysis, prolateral view
(Denis 1968a)
Palpal tibia and patella, dorsal view
(Denis 1968a)
Tibial apophysis
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Cárdenas & Barrientos 2011)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Denis 1968a)
Prosoma, frontal part, dorsal view
(Denis 1968a)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)
Epigyne
(Denis 1968a)
Epigyne
(Denis 1968a)
Epigyne
(Denis 1968a)
Vulva
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Breitling 2020)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Denis 1968a)
Distribution List
References
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Bosmans R, Abrous O (1992) Studies on North African Linyphiidae VI. The genera Pelecopsis Simon, Trichopterna Kulczyński and Ouedia gen. n. (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9: 65-85
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362
Cárdenas M, Barrientos J A (2011) Arañas del olivar andaluz (Arachnida; Araneae). Aspectos faunísticos. Zoologica Baetica 22: 99-136
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Pesarini C (unpubl.)
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2