Uroctea limbata (C. L. Koch, 1843)
Description
Male
Prosoma dark brown, black marmoration, almost round in dorsal view. Fovea triangular. Sternum heart-shaped, red-brown, marbled with black-brown, with dense bristles. Chelicerae lacking teeth. Legs red-brown. Opisthosoma egg-shaped, black-brown, with yellow-white circle design, protruding far over Prosoma, obstructing the view to the fovea. Prosoma length: 2.5 mm, prosoma width: 3.0 mm.
Female
As in males. Opisthosoma with less visible circle design. Epigyne: posterior margin narrow, bent elevation enclosing an oval depression. Prosoma length: 2.2-2.8 mm, prosoma width: 2.5-3.5 mm.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roewer 1960b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Roewer 1960b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kim & Namkung 1992)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kim & Namkung 1992)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kritscher 1966b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kritscher 1966b)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Kim & Namkung 1992)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Roewer 1960b)
Epigyne
(Kritscher 1966b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Kim & Namkung 1992)
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 
Caporiacco L di (1928) Resultati zoologici della Missione inviata dalla R. Società Geografica Italiana per l'esplorazione dell'oasi di Giarabub (1926-1927). Aracnidi di Giarabub e di Porto Bardia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 53: 77-107
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Kim J P, Namkung J (1992) On the identity of Korean spider, Uroctea lesserti Schenkel 1937, is the species Uroctea limata [sic] (nec. C. L. Koch). Korean Arachnology 8: 101-107
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
Kritscher E (1966b) Uroctea paivani (Blackwall) 1868 und Uroctea limbata (C. L. Koch) 1843 (Aran., Urocteidae), zwei nur ungenügend bekannte Spinnenarten. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 103: 8-15
Nuruyeva T, Zamani A (2025) An annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Azerbaijan. Zootaxa 5680: 1-168
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Roewer C F (1960b) Solifugen und Opilioniden - Araneae Orthognathae, Haplogynae und Entelegynae (Contribution à l'étude de la faune d'Afghanistan 23). Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 8(7): 1-53
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2