Segestria fusca Simon, 1882
Description
Male
Palp: bulb longer and much broader than tarsus, the embolus nearly as long as the lobe, curved from the base and a little sinuous at the end. Prosoma 3 mm long. Metatarsus as in female, but with another subbasal lateral spine.
Female
Prosoma reddish-brown, darker in the front with a thin black borderline, covered with a long whitish pubescence. Prosoma 3.4 mm long. Sternum nearly black. Eyes: the medians large, the laterals a little smaller, oval, interdistance medians to laterals about 0.5 diameter of medians. Chelicerae dark reddish-brown. Legs uniform reddish-brown, metatarsus I and II with 2 pairs of lateral spines and a small apical spine, but without basal median spine. Opisthosoma subcylindrical, very long, brown purplish, lighter on the sides.
Body length female: 6-8 mmAdditional information
In xerothermic areas: scrubland, cork oak forests, stony areas, under stones.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Berland 1932)
Distribution List
References
Berland L (1932) Les Arachnides (Scorpions, Araignées, etc.). In Encyclopédie entomologique. Paris, 16: 1-485 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018).
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2