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Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Histopona  Thorell, 1870   23 species

Histopona italica Brignoli, 1977

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020968

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Description
Male

Pedipalp: Tibial apophysis pointed. Conductor-tegulum connection distinctly stepped, radix bifid with a pointed and a plate-like end.

Body length male: 4.62 mm
Female

Epigyne with posteriorly pointed epigynal plate. Epigyne with parallel median margins of glossy posterior sclerite, vulva with lateral lobes of copulatory duct very broad

Body length female: 6.3 mm
Additional information

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Pesarini unpubl.)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013a)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013a)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Hänggi 1990)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Pesarini unpubl.)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1977b)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Brignoli 1977b)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013a)

Distribution List
Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

Bolzern A, Pantini P, Isaia M (2013a) Revision of the Histopona italica group (Araneae: Agelenidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3640: 23-41 pdf

Brignoli P M (1977b) Ragni d'Italia XXVII. Nuovi dati su Agelenidae, Argyronetidae, Hahniidae, Oxyopidae e Pisauridae cavernicoli ed epigei (Araneae). Quaderni del Museo di Speleologia "V. Rivera" 4: 3-117 pdf

Hänggi A (1990) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Kantons Tessin III - Für die Schweiz neue und bemerkenswerte Spinnen. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 63: 153-167 pdf

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

Pesarini C (unpubl.)

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
30-04-2013 Image insert
30-04-2013 Distribution update Detail