araneae - Pardosa dagestana

Description

Male

Overall colouration darker than in females. Palps: femur dark, patella and tibia yellow, suffused with grey, cymbium black, at its base a distinct yellow spot. Prosoma: lateral bands broken at sides of head. Clypeus and chelicerae yellow. Legs: femora dorsally dark brown, with 2 pairs of longitudunal yellow stripes, tarsi I brownish. Opisthosoma with lanceolate stripe.

Prosoma length 2.4 mm, width 1.9 mm.

Body length male: 4.8 mm

Female

Prosoma length 3.2 mm, width 2.6 mm.

Body length female: 6.9 mm

Additional information

High mountains between 2500 and 3000 m in alpine pastures and meadows.

Habitus similar to P. pontica but differing in palp structure.

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2026): Russia (Caucasus), Iran

Phenology



Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Figures

Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Zamani et al. 2022b)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2022b)

Bulbus, ventral view
(Buchar & Thaler 1998)

Bulbus, prolateral view
(Zamani et al. 2022b)

Bulbus, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2022b)

Tegular apophysis
(Buchar & Thaler 1998)

Terminal apophysis
(Buchar & Thaler 1998)

Tip of cymbium
(Buchar & Thaler 1998)

Prosoma, frontal view
(Zamani et al. 2022b)

Leg I, retrolateral view
(Zamani et al. 2022b)

Epigyne, ventral view
(Buchar & Thaler 1998)

Epigyne
(Zamani et al. 2022b)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Zamani et al. 2022b)

Distribution List

References

Buchar J, Thaler K (1998) Lycosidae from the high alpine zone of the Caucasus range, with comparative remarks on the fauna of the Alps (Arachnida: Araneae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 30: 705-717

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2

Zamani A, Nadolny A A, Dolejš P (2022b) New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part X. Arachnology 19: 551-573

12-07-2022	Image insert
13-05-2014	Datasheet update	Detail

Pardosa dagestana Buchar & Thaler, 1998