Trachelas minor O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872
Description
Male
Prosoma yellowish to reddish brown, densely covered with granules. Prosoma length: 1.00 mm. Chelicerae reddish brown, pro- and retromargin each with 2 small teeth. Sternum minutely granulated, light yellow-brown, margin darker. Legs light yellowish brown, distal segments somewhat darker than femora. Opisthosoma pale yellowish grey, posterior quarter chocolate brown with thin white chevrons; dorsal scutum narrow, orange-yellow, shining.
Body length male: 1.80-2.10 mmFemale
Prosoma, chelicerae, sternum and legs as in males. Prosoma length: 1.09 mm. Opisthosoma pale yellowish grey, with chocolate brown, lancet-shaped median band, posterior quarter dark with white chevrons, scutum absent.
Body length female: 1.78-3.5 mmAdditional information
In grassland and on trees (Spain: Citrus trees).
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Marusik & Kovblyuk 2010)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Marusik & Kovblyuk 2010)
Palpal femur, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Habitus
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Marusik & Kovblyuk 2010)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Marusik & Kovblyuk 2010)
Vulva, ventral view
(Marusik & Kovblyuk 2010)
Habitus
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
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. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
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Naumova M, Blagoev G, Deltshev D (2021) Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 4984: 228-257
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
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Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
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