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Araneidae  Clerck, 1757 / Neoscona  Simon, 1864   4 species

Neoscona adianta  (Walckenaer, 1802)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016689

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Description

Prosoma yellowish, with broad, dark brown longitudinal median and lateral stripes. Sternum dark brown to black. Legs light brown, darkly annulated. Opisthosoma dorsally with characteristic pattern, white median part, flanked by 2 ± broad, wavy, black longitudinal bands. Laterally light grey, yellowish or reddish, ventrally black with 2 bright longitudinal stripes.

Body length male: 4.3-6.5 mm
Body length female: 5.5-10.7 mm
Additional information

Mostly on herbs and low bushes from dry to boggy sites

Frequency: frequent in some places, absent in the mountains

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2019): Europe, North Africa to Central Asia, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Korea, Japan
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1931)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1931)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Loksa 1972)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)

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male Tegular apophysis
(Loksa 1972)

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male Tibia II, prolateral view
(Ledoux 2008a)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1931)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Wiehle 1931)

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female Vulva
(Azheganova 1968)

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female Habitus
(Loksa 1972)

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Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1931)

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Habitus
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

References

Azheganova N S (1968) Kratkii opredelitel' paukov (Aranei) lesnoi i lesostepnoi zony SSSR. Akademia Nauk SSSR: 1-149

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). Nieuwsbr Belg Arachnol Ver 28: 1-147

Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152 pdf

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 pdf

Ledoux J-C (2008a) Réhabilitation de Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) espèce voisine de Neoscona adianta (Araneae, Araneidae). Revue arachnol 17: 49-53

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 pdf

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
10-06-2014 Image insert
15-10-2013 Distribution update Old value