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Sparassidae  Bertkau, 1872 / Eusparassus  Simon, 1903   9 species

Eusparassus walckenaeri  (Audouin, 1826)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028821

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Description

Prosoma dark brown to orange-brown. Cheliceral furrow with intermarginal denticles. Legs with distinct darker bands. Opisthosoma: dorsum with a series of small chevron-like patterns, venter without marking.

Body length male: 13.4-20.6 mm
Body length female: 16.9-25.3 mm
Additional information

in semi-dry areas under flat stones, trogloxene (Greece)

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Distribution comment: Record from Italy doubtful (Moradmand & Jäger 2012)
Global distribution (WSC 2019): Greece, Turkey, Algeria to Iraq, Sudan, Iran?
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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male Embolus and conductor
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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male Eyes, dorsal view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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male Chelicera, ventral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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female Vulva, anterio-dorsolateral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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female Vulva, anterio-dorsolateral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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female Vulva, anterio-dorsolateral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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female Chelicera, ventral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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female Chelicera, ventral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

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female Chelicera, ventral view
(Moradmand & Jäger 2012)

References

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2019) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2018 [last updated 1 January 2019], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info

Demircan N, Topçu A (2016) First records for spider fauna of the European part of Turkey (Araneae). Serket 15: 85-91 pdf

Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org

Helsdingen P J van (2015b) Binnenwandelende exoten. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 35: 33-34

Moradmand M, Jäger P (2012) Taxonomic revision of the huntsman spider genus Eusparassus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae) in Eurasia. Journal of Natural History 46: 2439-2496 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94 pdf

World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.09.2019) doi: 10.24436/2

Updates
16-05-2018 Distribution update Old value
22-12-2015 Distribution update Old value