Alopecosa aculeata (Clerck, 1757)
Description
Epigyne anteriorly with parallel margins of median part. Prosoma reddish, with reddish yellow median stripes, lateral longitudinal stripes vague or missing. Prosoma length female: 4.0-5.0 mm, prosoma length male: 3.8-5.0 mm. Sternum brown, rarely with brighter median part. Legs reddish. Femur spotted or annulated. Opisthosoma with bright pattern, sometimes with fine chevrons.
Body length male: 7.2-9.5 mmBody length female: 8.1-11.3 mm
Additional information
In moss and litter layer of damp but sunny forests, in lowland in North Europe, otherwise in the mountains up to timberline
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kronestedt 1990)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolus
(Kronestedt 1990)
Embolus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tegular apophysis, frontal view
(Roberts 1998)
Tegular apophysis
(Loksa 1972)
Tegular apophysis, frontal view
(Kronestedt 1990)
Tegular apophysis, ventral view
(Kronestedt 1990)
Tegular apophysis, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Coxa I
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kronestedt 1990)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Vulva
(Loksa 1972)
Vulva
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Kronestedt 1990)
Vulva
(Kronestedt 1990)
Habitus
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1969)
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
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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Ivanov V V (2013) The checklist of Belarusian spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoology and Ecology 4: 293-311
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Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
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Kronestedt T (1990) Separation of two species standing as Alopecosa aculeata (Clerck) by morphological, behavioural and ecological characters, with remarks on related species in the pulverulenta group (Araneae, Lycosidae). Zoologica Scripta 19: 203-225
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Loksa I (1972) Pokok II-Araneae II. Fauna Hungariae 109: 1-112
Lugetti G, Tongiorgi P (1969) Ricerche sul genere Alopecosa Simon (Araneae-Lycosidae). Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali B76: 1-100
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Morka G H (unpubl.)
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