araneae - Hilaira excisa

Description

Male palp with simple tegular apophysis. Tibial apophysis straight, pointed, lateral bulge with indicated tip. Epigyne with broad median plate. Prosoma brown, rarely lighter yellowish. Male: with slightly elevated head region, with small protuberance behind eyes. Sternum brown, with a tinge of black. Chelicerae brown, robust. Anterior cheliceral furrow margin with 5 denticles. Legs yellow-brown, robust. Opisthosoma brownish dark grey to almost black, rarely with brighter stripes or spots.

Body length male: 2.5-3 mm
Body length female: 2.5-3 mm

Additional information

in very humid moss, mostly at shadowed places, from the plain to low mountain range

Frequency: Frequent

Character states from linyphiid key

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2019): Europe

Phenology



Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Figures

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1963b)

Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)

Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1956)

Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1956)

Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)

Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Eyes, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Epigyne
(Wiehle 1956)

Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Tibia I, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

References

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)

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

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British Spiders 2. Ray Soc London

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

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

Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester

Wiehle H (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, X. 28: Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337

Wiehle H (1963b) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Spinnenfauna III. Zool Jb Syst 90: 227-298

World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.01.2019) doi: 10.24436/2

Hilaira excisa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871)