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Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Coelotes  Blackwall, 1841   21 species

Coelotes alpinus  Polenec, 1972

Description
Male

Colouration as in females, except that males lacking the reddish tinge and chevrons less distinct. Prosoma length: 4-4.75 mm.

Body length male: 7.5-8.75 mm
Female

Prosoma brown-yellow to reddish brown, cephalic part darker, with dark radial stripes. Prosoma length: 5-6 mm. Sternum brown-yellow, margin blackish. Legs reddish brown. Opisthosoma: dorsum brown-grey, anterior half with dark median, longitudinal stripe, posterior half with 4 light chevrons, venter grey.

Body length female: 11-15 mm
Additional information

1790-2130 m a.s.l.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Italy, Austria, Slovenia
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.

Austria   (no references) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) |||
References

Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Polenec A (1972) Coelotes alpinus n. sp. Biološki vestnik Ljubljana 20: 81-83 pdf

Wang X P, Jäger P (2010) A review of Coelotinae epigynal teeth morphology, with descriptions of two species from China (Araneae: Amaurobiidae). Journal of Natural History 44: 1165-1187 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
08-12-2015 Image insert