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Araneidae  Clerck, 1757 / Cyclosa  Menge, 1866   6 species

Cyclosa sierrae  Simon, 1870

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015707

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Description

Prosoma dark brown to black. Sternum black with some light spots along the margin. Chelicerae with 3-4 denticles on promargin and 3 denticles on retromargin. Legs with black annulation. Opisthosoma with a single terminal outgrowth, dorsum yellowish with black median marking, venter black and sides with white spots.

Body length male: 3.2-4.8 mm
Body length female: 4.1-6.8 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2019): Southern Europe, Hungary, Ukraine, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran
Figures
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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 1998a)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1998a)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Lecigne 2013)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2013)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kulczyński 1907)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Mezőfi & Markó 2018)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Mezőfi & Markó 2018)

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male Coxae IV
(Levy 1998a)

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male Tibia II
(Levy 1998a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1998a)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Levy 1998a)

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female Epigyne, posterior view
(Levy 1998a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Kulczyński 1907)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Kulczyński 1907)

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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1998a)

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female Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1998a)

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)

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

Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144

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

Kulczyński W (1907) Fragmenta arachnologica. VIII, IX. Bull Acad Cracovie 1907: 570-596

Lecigne S (2013) Contribution à l’inventaire aranéologique de Corfou (Grèce) (Arachnida, Araneae). Nieuwsbr Belg Arachnol Ver 28(3): 177-191

Levy G (1998a) Twelve genera of orb-weaver spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) from Israel. Israel J Zool 43: 311-365

Mezőfi L, Markó V (2018) Some rare and remarkable spider species from Hungary (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 55: 1-9 pdf

Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

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

Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App 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

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