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., 2022)
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
"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
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], 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, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
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
Updates
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