Lycosoides coarctata (Dufour, 1831)
Description
Male
Tibial apophysis distinctly longer than length of male palpal tibia. Epigyne with straight posterior margin. Prosoma orange-brown to brown. Chelicerae red-brown. Legs brown-yellow. Opisthosoma brownish, laterally grey-brown, ventrally grey.
Body length male: 7.0 mmFemale
Prosoma light brown, cephalic part elongated and darker than remaining parts. Chelicerae dark reddish brown. Sternum light brown. Labium and maxillae dark brown, lighter distally. Opisthosoma grey, lighter ventrally, dorsum with indistinct pattern. Spinnerets light brown, apical segment twice as long as basal segment.
Body length female: 8.0-12.5 mmAdditional information
Widely distributed in Mediterranean area, ranging to South France in the north, North Italy, Dalmatia
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(de Blauwe 1980a)
Pedipalp
(de Blauwe 1980a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1996)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1996)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Murphy & Murphy 1978)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Murphy & Murphy 1978)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kaya et al. 2023a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kaya et al. 2023a)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, prolateral view
(El-Hennawy 2025)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(El-Hennawy 2025)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(El-Hennawy 2025)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(El-Hennawy 2025)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(El-Hennawy 2025)
Conductor, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Tibial apophysis
(de Blauwe 1980a)
Patella and tibia, dorsal view
(Levy 1996)
Epigyne
(de Blauwe 1980a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Marusik & Guseinov 2003)
Epigyne, lifted
(Marusik & Guseinov 2003)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1996)
Epigyne
(Murphy & Murphy 1978)
Epigyne
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Epigyne
(El-Hennawy 2025)
Vulva
(de Blauwe 1980a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Marusik & Guseinov 2003)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1996)
Vulva
(Murphy & Murphy 1978)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2022)
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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