Arctosa similis Schenkel, 1938
Description
Male
Tegular apophysis strongly developed, ventral tooth long and conspicuous. Terminal apophysis long and slender. Prosoma length: 4.2-6.3. Body greyish to yellowish, pattern indistinct. Legs with indistinct annulation.
Female
Epigyne triangular, margins sclerotised, anterior margin forming a bilobed hood. Vulva with strongly bent copulatory ducts. Prosoma length: 3.4-7.1. Colouration as in males.
Additional information
In open habitats with sparse vegetation, with sand and gravel, along the seashore riverbanks.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Simon 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Hepner & Paulus 2009)
Epigyne
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Simon 1937)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Hepner & Paulus 2009)
Epigyne
(Iorio unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Hepner & Paulus 2009)
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Distribution List
References
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Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
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Fuhn I E, Niculescu-Burlacu F (1971) Fam. Lycosidae. Fauna Republicii Socialiste România (Arachnida) 5 (3): 1-253
Hepner M, Paulus H F (2009) Contributions on the wolf spider fauna (Araneae, Lycosidae) of Gran Canaria (Spain). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14: 339-346
Iorio E (unpubl.) .
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Simon E (1937) Les arachnides de France 6 (5). Paris (Roret): 979-1298
WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.01.2022) doi: 10.24436/2