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Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Agelena  Walckenaer, 1805   7 species

Agelena longipes  Carpenter, 1900

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020866

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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 mm
Additional 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
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2019): Britain
Figures
species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Carpenter 1900)

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female Eyes, dorsal view
(Carpenter 1900)

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female Eyes, frontal view
(Carpenter 1900)

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female Spinnerets, lateral view
(Carpenter 1900)

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female Habitus, dorsal view
(Carpenter 1900)

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 Old value