Menemerus semilimbatus (Hahn, 1829)
Description
Male
Prosoma laterally with white stripes, in between brown to dark brown with a light triangular mark in the middle, eye area light. Opisthosoma spotted in different shades of brown, sometimes with bright V-shaped markings. Pedipalps conspicuously marked black and white.
Body length male: 5.1-7.4 mmFemale
Coloured like the males, but pedipalps whitish to light brown.
Body length female: 6.5-8.4 mmAdditional information
also in citrus groves
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp with tibia and patella, prolateral view
(Fuhn & Gherasim 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fuhn & Gherasim 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Prószyński 2003)
Pedipalp, dorso-retrolateral view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, prolateral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2023a)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2023a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2023a)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Prószyński 2003)
Palpal tibia, lateral view
(Prószyński 2003)
Palpal tibia, ventral view
(Prószyński 2003)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Fuhn & Gherasim 1995)
Epigyne
(Prószyński 2003)
Epigyne
(Prószyński 2003)
Epigyne
(Wesołowska 1999)
Epigyne
(Wesołowska 1999)
Epigyne
(Wesołowska 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Prószyński 2003)
Vulva, ventral view
(Prószyński 2003)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Coşar & Danışman 2023a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2023a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1999)
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
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