Robertus insignis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908
Description
Male
Lateral bulbus apophysis broad and ending blunt. Prosoma brown, eye region almost black. Sternum brown. Chelicerae and legs dark brown. Opisthosoma grey, sometimes almost black
Body length male: 2.5 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 1.3-1.5 mm.
Body length female: 2.5 mmAdditional information
In very dump meadows.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1960b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1985a)
Embolus and conductor
(Wiehle 1960b)
Palpal claw
(Wunderlich 1976)
Epigyne
(Merrett & Snazell 1975)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Roberts 1985a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1976)
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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Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152
Hänggi A (2003) Nachträge zum "Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen" - 3. Neunachweise von 1999 bis 2002 und Nachweise synanthroper Spinnen Arachnologische Mitteilungen 26: 36-54
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Ivanov V V (2013) The checklist of Belarusian spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoology and Ecology 4: 293-311
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Merrett P, Snazell R G (1975) New and rare British spiders. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 3: 106-112
Milasowszky N, Bauchhenss E, Freudenschuss M, Hepner M, Komposch C, Zulka K P (2015) Erstnachweise von Spinnen in Österreich (Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Linyphiidae, Lycosidae, Philodromidae, Theridiidae, Titanoecidae, Salticidae). Biodiversität und Naturschutz in Ostösterreich ‐ BCBEA 1/2: 296-303
Osipov D V (2019) [Spiders (Aranei) of the Lapland Nature Reserve] Works of the Lapland State Nature Biosphere Reserve 7: 119-194
Roberts M J (1985a) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England, 229 pp.
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages
Wiehle H (1960b) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Spinnenfauna. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 88: 195-254
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1976) Zur Kenntnis der mitteleuropäischen Arten der Gattung Enoplognatha Pavesi und Robertus O. Pick. Cambridge Senckenbergiana Biologica 57: 97-112