Arctosa cinerea (Fabricius, 1777)
Description
Epigyne with slender anterior margin of epigynal pocket. Prosoma greenish yellow, compact, plump, laterally with white hairs, longitudinal stripes indistinct, median band serrated posteriorly, legs yellowish, spotted black. Prosoma length female: > 4.5 mm, prosoma length male: 4.7-5.4 mm. Legs female: spotted black, male: with weak annulations. Opisthosoma light yellow, median arrow-shaped stripe yellow-greenish, laterally with 2 bright spots on each side of it, anterior one longish, posterior one roundish.
Body length male: 9-17 mmBody length female: 10-18 mm
Additional information
On sandy or gravelly ground, on beach and near waters, active during the night, in Y-shaped burrow during the day
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Aakra unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolic division
(Buchar & Thaler 1995a)
Tegular apophysis
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Aakra unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Vulva
(Loksa 1972)
Vulva
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Zyuzin 1985)
Habitus
(Aakra 2000c)
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Habitus
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
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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Aakra K (unpubl.)
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