Alioranus pastoralis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Description
Male
Prosoma dark brown, star-shaped mark distinct, narrow dark margins. Sternum black-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma uniform dark grey, long-oval. Palp: Patella approximatelly 1.5x as long as wide. Tibia dorsally with short anteriad directed apophysis, retrolaterally excised. Embolus with funnel-like structure, weakly sclerotized.
Prosoma length: 0.6 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.
Female
Colour as in male. Epigyne: Strongly pigmented, protruding. Receptacula barely visible. Light, deep groove bears lateral openings.
Prosoma length: 0.7 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.
Additional information
Under stones in a range of habitats (Chios, Greece)
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1980g)
Pedipalp
(Tanasevitch 1989)
Embolic division
(Wunderlich 1980g)
Tibia
(Wunderlich 1980g)
Epigyne
(Wunderlich 1980g)
Epigyne
(Tanasevitch 1989)
Vulva
(Wunderlich 1980g)
Distribution List
References
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 
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2019) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2019 [last updated 1 June 2019], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Russell-Smith A, Allison R, Askins M, Blumsom W, Snazell R, Spilling C (2011) A provisional checklist and gazetteer of the spiders of Chios, Greece (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 133-167
Tanasevitch A V (1989) The linyphiid spiders of Middle Asia (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 69: 83-176
WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (03.01.2021) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1980g) Drei neue Linyphiidae-Genera aus Europa (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 61: 119-125
Updates
| 28-09-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |