Singa hamata (Clerck, 1757)
Description
Male palp with small, strongly bent hook on base of the long, pointed process. Epigyne with scapus, not reaching beyond lateral parts posteriorly. Prosoma black, posterior part rarely dark red-brown. Sternum black. Chelicerae black. Tarsus, tibia and patella III and IV distally darkened, legs (at least III and IV) therefore darkly annulated. Opisthosoma with 2 dark brown-black longitudinal bands, broken in the middle part by transverse stripes reaching from median band to brighter sides.
Body length male: 4.5 mmBody length female: 6.5-8.1 mm
Additional information
frequently in sunny places on herbs and grasses of ruderal areas and waysides
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1931)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Azheganova 1968)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1931)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Habitus
(Loksa 1972)
Habitus
(Loksa 1972)
Habitus
(Azheganova 1968)
Habitus
(Wiehle 1931)
Habitus
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
References
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Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152 
Crespo L (2008) Contribution to the knowledge of the Portuguese spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna: seven new additions to the Portuguese checklist. Bol Soc Ent Ara 43: 403-407
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2019) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2018 [last updated 1 January 2019], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British Spiders 2. Ray Soc London
Loksa I (1972) Pokok II-Araneae II. Fauna Hungariae 109: 3.1-3.112
Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94
Roberts M J (1995) Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins Field Guide Bath
Wiehle H (1931) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, VI. 27: Familie Araneidae. Tierwelt Deutschlands 23
World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.01.2019) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 01-12-2013 | Distribution update | Old value |