Pardosa purbeckensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895
Description
Male
Prosoma length male: 2.7-3.0 mm. Prosoma dark brown. Legs yellow-brown, I with projecting hairs. Femur only dorsally with dark, longish spots. Metatarsus vaguely spotted, III and IV ± annulated.
Body length male: 5.6-6.0 mmFemale
Prosoma length female: 2.9-3.2 mm
Body length female: 5.9-7.3 mmAdditional information
Females hardly distinguishable from females of P. agrestis. Coastal species, probably also in humid and swampy areas.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2018b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Median apophysis, ventral view
(Wiebes 1959)
Terminal apophysis, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tegular apophysis
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Terminal apophysis, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Metatarsus and tarsus
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Metatarsus and tarsus I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Spinnerets, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Wiebes 1959)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Lecigne 2018b)
Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Prosoma
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Metatarsus I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tarsus I, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Spinnerets, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Leg I
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke 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
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Chiarle A, Kronestedt T, Isaia M (2013) Courtship behavior in European species of the genus Pardosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 41: 108-125
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Demir H, Seyyar O (2017) Annotated checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Munis Entomology & Zoology 12: 433-469
Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp.
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Lecigne S (2018b) Récits de chasses aranéologiques récentes dans plusieurs départements de France. Redécouverte de Philodromus buchari Kubcová, 2004 (Araneae: Philodromidae) et confirmation de la présence de Theridion harmsi Wunderlich, 2011 (Araneae: Theridiidae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 33: 59-99
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British spiders. Vol. I. Ray Society, London, 310 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Morka G H (unpubl.)
Scharff N, Gudik-Sørensen O (2006) Katalog over Danmarks edderkopper (Araneae). Catalogue of the spiders of Denmark (Araneae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 74: 3-71
Tongiorgi P (1966a) Italian Wolf spiders of the genus Pardosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 134: 275-334
Wiebes J T (1959) The Lycosidae and Pisauridae (Araneae) of the Netherlands. Zoologische Verhandelingen 42: 1-78
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2