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Lycosidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Evippa  Simon, 1882   7 species

Evippa kirchshoferae Roewer, 1959

Description
Male

Prosoma length: 2.32 mm.

Body length male: 4.92 mm
Female

Prosoma black. Prosoma length: 3 mm. Sternum black. Legs pale yellow, ventral side unicoloured, femora and tibiae with 2 black spots, patellae and base of metatarsi with 1 black spot. Opisthosoma: dorsum black-brown, posterior half with 3 pairs of oblique oval, golden yellow spots.

Body length female: 5-6 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Tunisia, Spain
Phenology
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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.

Spain   (Barrientos et al., 2015a; Branco et al., 2019) ||| Tunisia   (Kmira et al., 2025) |||
References

Alderweireldt M (1991) A revision of the African representatives of the wolf spider genus Evippa Simon, 1882 (Araneae, Lycosidae) with notes on allied species and genera. Journal of Natural History 25: 359-381 pdf

Barrientos J A, Miñano J, Mestre L (2015a) Primera cita de Evippa Simon, 1882 para Europa occidental y descripción del macho de Evippa kirchshoferae Roewer, 1959 (Araneae: Lycosidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 27: 3-12 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

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

Roewer C F (1959b) Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 55: 1-518 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
01-09-2025 Distribution update Detail
15-06-2020 Image insert
15-06-2020 Distribution update Detail
16-02-2016 Distribution update Detail
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