Araneus pallidus (Olivier, 1789)
Description
Male
Opisthosoma anteriorly with strongly developed, edgy shoulder humps. Sternum dark, without pattern. Palp: embolus conically tapering, with apical, pointed lamella which often breaks off during copulation.
Female
Opisthosoma anteriorly with strongly developed, edgy shoulder humps. Sternum dark, without pattern or with anterior light stripe.
Body length female: 23 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Morano unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Morano unpubl.)
Pedipalp in detail, retrolateral view
(Morano unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Grasshoff 1968)
Median apophysis, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 2023)
Epigyne
(Simon 1929)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Morano unpubl.)
Epigyne, antero-ventral view
(Morano unpubl.)
Epigyne, antero-ventral view
(Morano unpubl.)
Epigyne, antero-ventral view
(Grasshoff 1968)
Vulva
(Simon 1929)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morano unpubl.)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Grasshoff M (1968) Morphologische Kriterien als Ausdruck von Artgrenzen bei Radnetzspinnen der Subfamilie Araneinae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 516: 1-100
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Morano E (unpubl.)
Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018).
Simon E (1929) Les arachnides de France 6 (3). Paris (Roret): 533-772
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (2023) Contribution to the spider (Araneida) fauna of the Algarve, Portugal, with notes on the phylogeny of the superfamily Araneoidea and the description of the new araneoid family Fonteferridae. Beiträge zur Araneologie 16: 4-112