Pardosa atomaria (C. L. Koch, 1847)
Description
Male
Prosoma median longitudinal band strongly broadened posterior to eyes, yellow, very distinct. Lateral longitudinal bands of prosoma always present.
Legs yellowish red, distinctly annulated. Opisthosoma black with yellow-reddish pattern.
Male palp with blunt tegular apophysis. Lamella-like process of shield long and pointed in ventral view. Male palpal femur black, distally and laterally yellow, palpal patella yellow, palpal tibia black.
Prosoma length: 2.6-2.9 mm
Female
Receptaculum seminis distinctly separated from posterior margin of the septum.
Prosoma length: 2.8-3.0 mm
Body length female: 7.2 mmAdditional information
mainly near water, up to 500 m
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Pedipalp
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Giltay 1932)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Blagoev 2005)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Blagoev 2005)
Apical part of bulbus, ventro-apical view
(Marusik et al. 2003b)
Apical part of bulbus, ventro-apical view
(Marusik et al. 2003b)
Tip of bulbus, caudal view
(Marusik et al. 2003b)
Tip of bulbus, caudal view
(Marusik et al. 2003b)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Buchar & Thaler 2002)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Buchar & Thaler 2002)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Buchar & Thaler 2002)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Buchar & Thaler 2002)
Epigyne
(Uyar & Dolejš 2017)
Epigyne
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Epigyne
(Lecigne 2021a)
Epigyne
(Blagoev 2005)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Buchar & Thaler 2002)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Buchar & Thaler 2002)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Buchar & Thaler 2002)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Buchar & Thaler 2002)
Vulva
(Blagoev 2005)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
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
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Blick T (2018) A small collection of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the River Vjosa, Albania – with an updated spider checklist of Albania. Acta ZooBot Austria 155: 213-232
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
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