Segestriidae  Simon, 1893 / Ariadna  Audouin, 1826   11 species

Ariadna insidiatrix  Audouin, 1826

Description
Male

Prosoma light brown, with a very thin darker borderline. Prosoma 2.6-3.6 mm long. Sternum light brown, darker on the edges. Eyes nearly equal in size. Clypeus a little wider than eye diameter. Legs uniform light brown, tibia I, II and III with very numerous spines, number greater than 16, but variable, tibia IV without spines or with one small spine, femur I with 3 dorsal and 2 lateral spines, femur II with 4 dorsal and 4 lateral spines, metatarsus I with 4 spines and a lateral apophysis in the middle. Opisthosoma long oval, grey, spinnerets lighter.

Female

Palp short and strong, brownish, with tibia and tarsus black. Prosoma and sternum dark brown. Legs brown, the anteriors darker, tibia I, metatarsus I and II, tarsus I and II almost black, tibia I and II ventrally with 5 pairs of unequal long spines, metatarsus I and II ventrally with 6-7 pairs of unequal long spines. Opisthosoma long and cylindrical, grey brown, dorsally darker and purplish.

Body length female: 6-11 mm
Additional information

Littoral: cliffs and rocks, under stones.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Record from Malta may be an undescribed species (Pfliegler et al., 2017)
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Mediterranean
Phenology
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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.

Algeria   (Lucas, 1846; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Egypt   (El-Hennawy, 2017a) ||| France  Removed (Le Peru, 2007; Danflous et al., 2020b) ||| France / Corsica  Removed (Le Peru, 2007; Danflous et al., 2020b) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Libya   (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Morocco   (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Tunisia   (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024a; Kunt et al., 2012) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (Kunt et al., 2012) |||
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 pdf

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

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

Brignoli P M (1976c) Ragni d'Italia XXIV. Note sulla morfologia dei genitali interni dei Segestriidae e cenni sulle specie italiane (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 12: 19-62 pdf

Danflous S, Déjean S, Guerbaa K, Jacquet C, Lecigne S, Montagne D, Montardi Y, Villepoux O (2020b) De araneis Galliae IV. Actualisation du référentiel des araignées de France – première note. Espèces absentes de France ou mises en nomen dubium. Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 5: 10-32 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183 pdf

Kunt K B, Kaya R S, Özkütük R S, Danişman T, Yağmur E A, Elverici M (2012) Additional notes on the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 36: 637-651 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Lucas H (1846) Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842 publiée par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission académique. Paris, Sciences physiques, Zoologie 1: 89-271 pdf

Pantini P, Sassu A, Serra G (2013) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida Araneae) of Sardinia. Biodiversity Journal 4: 3-104 pdf

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 pdf

Updates
09-01-2024 Distribution update Detail
05-10-2020 Distribution update Detail
05-09-2017 Distribution update Detail
25-06-2013 Distribution update Detail
16-04-2013 Image insert