Tegenaria dalmatica Kulczyński, 1906
Description
Male
Sternum with pale median band and 3 pale dots on each side, not clearly delimited and sometimes fused together. Chelicerae brownish, promargin with 4, retromargin with 4-6 teeth. Opisthosoma: Anterior part with pale median band and big pale dots on both sides, mottled; pale dots continuing to posterior part in chevrons, posterior part with dark ground colour. Palp: Patellar apophysis absent. Retrotibial apophysis with lateral, dorsal and ventral branch. Lateral branch lamella-like, dorsal branch strongly sclerotized, horn-like, ventral apophysis developed as a big not strongly sclerotized bulge. Cymbial modifications absent.
prosoma length: 2.9-3.7 mm, prosoma width: 2.3-2.9 mm.
Female
Sternum with pale median band and 3 pale dots on each side, not clearly delimited and sometimes fused together. Chelicerae brownish, promargin with 4, retromargin with 4-6 teeth. Opisthosoma: Anterior part with pale median band and big pale dots on both sides, mottled; pale dots continuing to posterior part in chevrons, posterior part with dark ground colour. Epigyne: forming a membranous triangular or trapezoid plate. Anterior and lateral margin of atrium developed as a strongly sclerotized border. Spermathecae and/or copulatory ducts barely visible through plate. Epigynal teeth absent.
prosoma length: 5.1 mm, prosoma width: 4.0 mm.
Body length female: 4.75 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Dresco 1959b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Dresco 1959b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dresco 1959b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1971g)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1971g)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Brignoli 1971g)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2007)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2007)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2007)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Martín & Adame 2024)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Martín & Adame 2024)
Tibial apophysis
(Dresco 1959b)
Epigyne
(Ledoux 2004b)
Epigyne
(Brignoli 1971g)
Epigyne
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Epigyne
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2007)
Epigyne
(Zamani et al. 2024d)
Vulva
(Dimitrov 1999)
Vulva
(Ledoux 2004b)
Vulva
(Dresco 1959b)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1971g)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1971g)
Vulva
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2007)
Vulva, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2007)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Zamani et al. 2024d)
Vulva, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2024d)
Sternum
(Brignoli 1971g)
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.
References
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Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
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Gaymard M, Lecigne S (2018) Contribution à la connaissance de l'aranéofaune (Araneae) du Gard et en particulier du massif des Gorges du Gardon (Occitanie, France). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 1: 1-39
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Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110
Vrenozi B, Jäger P (2012) A faunistic study on ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) in the Tirana district, Albania. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 81-87
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani A, Kaya R S, Marusik Y M (2024d) New taxonomic and faunistic data on the funnel-weavers (Araneae, Agelenidae) of Turkiye and the Caucasus, with five new species. ZooKeys 1218: 251-286
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