Functions:   Add to compare list  Show compare list  Edit content
Links: BOLD
Resources:
Halonoproctidae  Pocock, 1901 / Ummidia  Thorell, 1875   4 species

Ummidia aedificatoria (Westwood, 1840)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000605

Key to genera | Key to species

Description
Male

Male unknown

Female

Spermathecae with short bent central section. Prosoma dark brown, shiny. Prosoma length: 11-12 mm. Ocular rectangle: length/width ratio low. Rastellar process reduced. Opisthosoma black, dull, covered with hairs.

Body length female: 18.1-25 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Records from Portugal, Spain and Algeria are misidentifications (Decae 2010).
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Morocco
Figures
species

female Spermatheca
(Decae 2010)

species

female Eyes, dorsal view
(Decae 2010)

Distribution List
Morocco   (Decae, 2010; Benhalima & Bosmans, 2024) ||| Tunisia  Removed (Kmira et al., 2025) |||
References

Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535 pdf

Decae A E (2010) The genus Ummidia Thorell 1875 in the western Mediterranean, a review (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae). Journal of Arachnology 38: 328-340 pdf

Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
17-07-2025 Distribution update Detail
26-05-2025 Distribution insert Detail
17-06-2020 Datasheet update Detail
17-06-2020 Distribution update Detail