Gnaphosa leporina (L. Koch, 1866)
Description
Bulbus with stout thorn, directed dorsally. Epigyne with scapus almost reaching margin of epigyne. Prosoma orange-brown to dark grey-brown. Legs brighter than prosoma. Opisthosoma orange-brown to dark grey-brown.
Body length male: 5.4-6.7 mmBody length female: 4.7-8.4 mm
Additional information
In humid and dry heathland and raised bogs, from the lowland up to nival zone
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Palpal tibia
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Azheganova 1968)
Epigyne
(Brændegaard 1966)
Epigyne
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Vulva, ventral view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia IV, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
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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Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British spiders. Vol. I. Ray Society, London, 310 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Ovtsharenko V I, Platnick N I, Song D X (1992) A review of the North Asian ground spiders of the genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 212: 1-88
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Tullgren A (1946) Svensk spindelfauna. 3. Egentiliga spinddlar. Araneae Fam 5-7. Clubionidae, Zoridae och Gnaphosidae. Stockholm (Entomol Fören.): 141 pp.
Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2