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Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Malthonica  Simon, 1898   3 species

Malthonica lusitanica  Simon, 1898

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021054

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Description
Male

Resembles M. oceanica. Palp: ventral apophysis besides the retrotibial apophysis with irregular borders. Embolus strongly developed, describing an almost complete circle. Conductor strongly developed. Median apophysis well defined with a spatulate appearance.

Female

Resembles M. oceanica. Epigyne with a posterior transversal plate (epigynal bar).

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Portugal to France
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Lehtinen 1967)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Barrientos 1985a)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Barrientos 1985a)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Barrientos & Cardoso 2007)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Barrientos & Cardoso 2007)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Breitling 2020)

species

female Epigyne
(Barrientos 1985a)

species

female Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1978e)

species

female Epigyne
(Barrientos & Cardoso 2007)

species

female Vulva
(Barrientos 1985a)

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female Vulva
(Breitling 2018)

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.

France   (no references) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Barrientos J A (1985a) Artrópodos epigeos del macizo de San Juan de la Peña (Jaca, Prov. de Huesca): IX. Arañas agelénidas y hahnidas. Pirineos 126: 81-131 pdf

Barrientos J A, Cardoso P (2007) The genus Malthonica Simon, 1898 in the Iberian Peninsula (Araneae: Agelenidae). Zootaxa 1460: 59-68 pdf

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

Breitling R (2018) Eric Duffey's spider collection in the Manchester Museum – an update. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 141: 5-9 pdf

Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362 pdf

Brignoli P M (1978e) Quelques notes sur les Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Oxyopidae et Pisauridae de France et d'Espagne (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 85: 265-294 pdf

Lehtinen P T (1967) Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468 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
23-03-2020 Image insert
16-04-2018 Image insert
09-05-2016 Datasheet update Detail
23-04-2013 Image insert