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Araneidae  Clerck, 1757 / Cyclosa  Menge, 1866   6 species

Cyclosa insulana  (Costa, 1834)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015634

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Description

Prosoma with dark brown pattern on white background. Sternum dark brown with light patches. Opisthosoma with silver and black parts. Femur white, apically with annulations. Tibia and metatarsus apically with annulations. Patella with a dark patch

Body length female: 6.8 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2019): Mediterranean to Japan, India to Papua New Guinea, Australia
Figures
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male Pedipalp, anterior view
(Groppali et al. 1998)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Groppali et al. 1998)

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male Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Groppali et al. 1998)

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male Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Groppali et al. 1998)

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female Epigyne
(Locket 1980)

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female Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Locket 1980)

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female Habitus
(Locket 1980)

References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Groppali R, Guerci P, Pesarini C (1998) Appunti sui Ragni (Arachnida, Araneae) della costa orientale di Eivissa (Ibiza), con la descrizione di una nuova specie: Cyclosa groppalii Pesarini (Araneidae). Boll Soc Hist nat Balears 41: 65-74

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

Locket G H (1980) Some spiders from the Comoro Islands. Bull Br arachnol Soc 5: 117-128

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 pdf

Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110 pdf

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

Updates
31-12-2013 Image insert
15-10-2013 Distribution update Old value