Scotina celans (Blackwall, 1841)
Description
Tibial apophysis small and pointed, only slightly bent. Embolus forms wide loop. Epigyne with anteriorly slightly bent cuticular bar. Prosoma dark, shiny with light yellow-brown median and radial stripes. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma olive-black with reddish brown to light brown or yellow spots.
Body length male: 2.8-3.3 mmBody length female: 3-4.8 mm
Additional information
in forest edges, dry meadows, heathland and in moors, in leaf litter and moss
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Reimoser 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans 1999)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans 1999)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kunt et al. 2024a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kunt et al. 2024a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kunt et al. 2024a)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Kunt et al. 2024a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zamani et al. 2024c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2024c)
Embolus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Kunt et al. 2024a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans 1999)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne/vulva
(Brignoli & Gaddini 1979)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans 1999)
Vulva
(Reimoser 1937)
Vulva
(Locket et al. 1974)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Kunt et al. 2024a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Kunt et al. 2024a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosselaers 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosselaers 2024)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Kunt et al. 2024a)
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
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Barrientos J A, Febrer B (2017) Arañas (Arachnida, Araneae) de Menorca (Islas Baleares, España). Nuevos datos. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 31: 8-24
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
Bosmans R (1999) The genera Agroeca, Agraecina, Apostenus and Scotina in the Maghreb countries (Araneae: Liocranidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 69: 25-34
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
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Bosselaers J (2024) Studies in Liocranidae IV: Scotina occulta, Liocranum concolor and a key to the Euro-Mediterranean genera (Araneae, Liocranidae). Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 39: 6-20
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Brignoli P M, Gaddini A (1979) Nuovi dati su alcuni Anyphaenidae, Liocranidae e Gnaphosidae italiani. Bollettino dell'Associazione Romana di Entomologia 34: 10-15
Cawley M (2001) Distribution records for uncommon spiders (Araneae) including five species new to Ireland. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 25: 135-143
Dentici A, Amata F C (2024) New data on the arachnofauna (Arachnidae Araneae Opiliones) of Enna and surrounding areas (Sicily, Italy) with some first reports for Sicily. Biodiversity Journal 15: 363-375
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Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Kunt K B, Danışman T, Coşar İ (2024a) Scotina celans (Blackwall, 1841), a new record for the spider fauna of Türkiye (Araneae, Liocranidae). Acta Biologica Turcica 37(4, S1): 1-5
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Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Reimoser E (1937) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, VIII. 16: Familie Gnaphosidae oder Plattbauchspinnen; 17: Familie Anyphaenidae oder Zartspinnen; 18: Familie Clubionidae oder Röhrenspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 33: 1-99
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