Heteropoda variegata (Simon, 1874)
Description
Male
Males with embolus arising in 1- to 2-o’clock-position (in left palpus in ventral view), retrotibial apophysis with 1 long dorsal extension.
Female
Females with median septum visible between lateral lobes. Copulatory ducts twisted in wide coils, extending posterior spermathecae laterally.
Additional information
In caves, cellars, under stones in the eastern Mediterranean region.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al. 2018)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jäger unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jäger unpubl.)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Levy 1989)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Jäger unpubl.)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Jäger unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1989)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Levy 1989)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1989)
Vulva, lateral view
(Levy 1989)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2021a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2021 [last updated 1 January 2021], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info 
Jäger P (unpubl.)
Levy G (1989) The family of huntsman spiders in Israel with annotations on species of the Middle East (Araneae: Sparassidae). Journal of Zoology, London 217: 127-176
Mammola S, Cardoso P, Ribera C, Pavlek M, Isaia M (2018b) A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe. Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56: 301-316
WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.01.2022) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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