Nomisia aussereri (L. Koch, 1872)
Description
Male palp with conically inflated bulbus. Epigyne longer than wide. Prosoma with dense white hairs and black bristles. Legs with darker distal segments. Opisthosoma light to yellow-brown, with dense white hairs and black bristles.
Body length male: 6.7-8.6 mmBody length female: 6.7-11.8 mm
Additional information
In dry meadows, active during the day, specialized to capture ants that are paralyzed by a bite in the antenna, threads are attached to the prey with the long and movable spinnerets at the same time
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Dalmas 1921)
Pedipalp
(Levy 1995)
Pedipalp
(Levy 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Iorio unpubl.)
Tibia
(Levy 1995)
Epigyne
(Dalmas 1921)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1995)
Epigyne
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Epigyne
(Grimm 1985)
Epigyne
(Sánchez et al. 2019)
Epigyne
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Epigyne, with mating plug
(Iorio unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grimm 1985)
Spermathecae, dorsal view
(Levy 1995)
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 (2003) A checklist of the spiders of Tunisia, with description of a new species of Palliduphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 12: 89-109
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
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
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Iorio E (unpubl.) .
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Sánchez I, Pérez A, Amarillo J M, Pedreño M (2019) Ampliación del catálogo de arañas de la provincia de Cádiz, con una nueva especie para la Península Ibérica (España). Revista de la Sociedad Gaditana de Historia Natural 13: 33-42
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