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Hahniidae  Bertkau, 1878 / Mastigusa  Menge, 1854   3 species

Mastigusa arietina  (Thorell, 1871)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022500

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Description

Conductor with slender terminal part, very long and uniformly bent. Epigyne posteriorly with bright median area, entrance ducts very thin and densely convoluted. Prosoma light yellow-brown. Sternum yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma light yellowish, sometimes with brownish or blackish vague pattern.

Body length male: 3-3.5 mm
Body length female: 3-3.5 mm
Additional information

Under bark or in formicaries

Troglophile species (Mammola et al. 2018)

Frequency: Widely distributed, rarely found

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2018): Europe
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
all the year round (?)
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Miller 1971)

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Pedipalp, ventro-lateral view
(Wunderlich 1986)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1986)

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male Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1986)

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male Habitus
(Tyshchenko 1971)

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female Epigyne
(Palmgren 1977)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)

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Eyes, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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Eyes, dorsal view
(Loksa 1969)

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Eyes, dorsal view
(Palmgren 1977)

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Eyes, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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Eyes, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1986)

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Legs
(Palmgren 1977)

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Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Palmgren 1977)

References

Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org

Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British Spiders 1. Ray Soc London

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British Spiders 2. Ray Soc London

Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 2.1-2.133

Mammola S, Cardoso P, Ribera C, Pavlek M, Isaia M (2018b) A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe. Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56: 301-316 pdf

Mikhailov K G (2013) The spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries: a non-annotated checklist. Arthropoda Selecta, Supplement 3: 1-262

Miller F (1971) Pavouci-Araneida In: Daniel M & Cerny V. (Hrsg.) Klic zvireny CSSR, Dil. IV. Ceskoslovenska Akademie Ved, Prag: 51-306

Palmgren P (1977) Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens VIII. Fauna Fenn 30: 1-50

Pantini P, Isaia M (2017) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version May 2017). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94 pdf

Ponomarev A V, Khnykin A S (2013) Spiders (Aranei) of Volgograd sity and its environs. The South of Russia: ecology, development 4: 109-136

Roberts M J (1995) Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins Field Guide Bath

Tyshchenko V P (1971) Classification key of Aranei of the European part of the USSR. Opred Po fauna 105, Moskow

World Spider Catalog (2018) World Spider Catalog, version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (15.07.2018) doi: 10.24436/2

Wunderlich J (1986) Spinnenfauna gestern und heute: Fossile Spinnen in Bernstein und ihre heute lebenden Verwandten. Quelle & Meyer, Wiesbaden. 283 pp. pdf

Updates
24-09-2018 Image insert
24-09-2015 Distribution update Old value