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Liocranidae  Simon, 1897 / Scotina  Menge, 1873   4 species

Scotina occulta  Kritscher, 1996

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024396

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Description
Male

Colouration as in females, except dorsal opisthosomal pattern hardly visible.

Body length male: 4.09 mm
Female

Prosoma unicoloured ochre, ocular area slightly darker. Chelicerae slightly darker than prosoma, promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin with 2 small teeth. Sternum and legs ochre. Opisthosoma grey, dorsum with white, indistinct chevrons.

Body length female: 4.08 mm
Additional information

Under stones.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Malta
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kritscher 1996)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kritscher 1996)

species

female Epigyne/vulva
(Kritscher 1996)

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.

Malta   (Pfliegler et al., 2017) |||
References

Kritscher E (1996) Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Spinnen-Fauna der Maltesischen Inseln (Chelicerata: Araneae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B 98: 117-156 pdf

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 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
29-12-2015 Image insert