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Gnaphosidae  Pocock, 1898 / Drassodes  Westring, 1851   43 species

Drassodes difficilis  (Simon, 1878)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026884

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Description
Female

Legs and pedipalp greyish with conspicuous striped pattern mainly formed by lines of hairs contrasting to hairless parts; femur I with one, femur II with two prolateral spines; femora I and II with two dorsal spines; tibiae and metatarsi I and II with one ventral spine, without pro- nor retrolateral spines; tibiae III and IV with stout prolateral, retrolateral, dorsal and ventral spines; all tarsi scopulated over their total length.

Body length female: 7.80-9.55 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2019): Spain, France, Italy, Turkey?
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Hervé & Rollard 2009)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Hervé & Rollard 2009)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Alderweireldt & De Boever 2016)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Alderweireldt & De Boever 2016)

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male Median apophysis, ventral view
(Barrientos et al. 2017)

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male Chelicera, ventral view
(Hervé & Rollard 2009)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Alderweireldt & De Boever 2016)

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female Epigyne
(Barrientos et al. 2017)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Alderweireldt & De Boever 2016)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Alderweireldt & De Boever 2016)

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female Vulva
(Barrientos et al. 2017)

References

Alderweireldt M, De Boever C (2016) Description of the unknown female of Drassodes difficilis (Simon, 1878) from Spain with illustrations of the male and some zoogeographical notes (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 29: 34-36

Barrientos J A, Moya J, García-Sarrión R, Uribarri I, Melic A, Prieto C E, Moraza M L & Zaragoza J A (2017) Arácnidos del Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar (Almería, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 30: 107-138 pdf

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

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

Hervé C, Rollard C (2009) Drassodes species from the Parc national du Mercantour (French Alps), with the description of a new species (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Contrib nat Hist 12: 627-642

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
18-07-2017 Image insert
03-01-2017 Image insert
09-04-2013 Distribution update Old value