Agelena longipes Carpenter, 1900
Description
Male
Male unknown.
Female
Prosoma yellowish brown, with brown lateral bands, with fine black marginal line. Sternum reddish brown, with U-shaped marking. Legs reddish brown, Femora with some darker markings. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark brown, with light yellow median band, anteriorly with red marking, venter yellowish white, with black longitudinal band.
Body length female: 12.5 mmAdditional information
This species has only been collected once, more than 100 years ago. It could be a misidentification and needs careful re-examination. In the meanwhile, it seems not to be justified to list this species as alien for Europe.
Distribution
Figures
Epigyne, ventral view
(Carpenter 1900)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Carpenter 1900)
Eyes, frontal view
(Carpenter 1900)
Spinnerets, lateral view
(Carpenter 1900)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Carpenter 1900)
Distribution List
References
Carpenter G H (1900) Two spiders new to the British fauna. Ann Mag nat Hist (7) 6: 199-204
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.09.2019) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 02-09-2014 | Image insert | |
| 09-07-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |