Prodidomidae  Simon, 1884 / Prodidomus  Hentz, 1847   6 species

Prodidomus amaranthinus  (Lucas, 1846)

Description

Pro- and opisthosoma velvet grey to brown, legs yellow-orange to red-brown, cheliceral teeth long, with dark colour, prosoma with distinct fovea.

Body length male: 6-7 mm
Body length female: 7-10 mm
Additional information

Under stones

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Mediterranean
Phenology
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Figures
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.

Algeria   (Pérez & Blasco, 1986; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Egypt   (El-Hennawy, 2017a) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Dentici & Amata, 2021) ||| Libya   (Caporiacco, 1928) ||| Morocco   (Pérez & Blasco, 1986) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Tunisia   (Bosmans, 2003) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

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 pdf

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 pdf

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 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Caporiacco L di (1928) Resultati zoologici della Missione inviata dalla R. Società Geografica Italiana per l'esplorazione dell'oasi di Giarabub (1926-1927). Aracnidi di Giarabub e di Porto Bardia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 53: 77-107 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Dentici A, Amata F C (2021) Prodidomus amaranthinus (Lucas, 1846) (Araneae Gnaphosidae) new for the Italian araneofauna. Biodiversity Journal 12: 357-359  pdf

El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183 pdf

Kunt K B, Kaya R S, Özkütük R S, Danişman T, Yağmur E A, Elverici M (2012) Additional notes on the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 36: 637-651 pdf

Pérez J A, Blasco A (1986) Nota sobre los Prodidominae (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) de la Peninsula Iberica. Mémoires de la Société Royal Belge d'Entomologie 33: 155-164 pdf

Topçu A, Türkeş T (2010) The first record of the family Prodidomidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 34: 425-427 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
28-11-2023 Image insert
28-11-2023 Distribution update Detail
13-05-2021 Distribution insert Detail
15-10-2013 Distribution update Detail