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
"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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
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
Denis J (1968a) Notes sur les érigonides (araignées), XXXVII. Le genre Exechophysis Simon, avec des notes sur quelques espèces appartenant à d'autres genres. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 72: 310-322
Dentici A, Barbera A, Ditta A, Surdo S (2022) On some new reports on the spider fauna of Italy and Sicily (Arachnida Araneae). Biodiversity Journal 13: 399-408
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
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