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

Malthonica lusitanica  Simon, 1898

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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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 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) 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