Neaetha membrosa (Simon, 1868)
Description
Prosoma dorsally orange to dark brown with light orange scale hairs, laterally with white hairs and black margin. Eyes black margined, haired light orange. Sternum dark brown, brighter medially, with long white hairs. Opisthosoma dorsally black with beige spots and chevrons.
Body length male: 3-3.7 mmBody length female: 4.3-4.65 mm
Additional information
On gravel banks, on beaches, in dry meadows.
Note: After Logunov (2015) and Lecigne (2016) the female of N. membrosa shown by Metzner (1999) is a misidentified N. absheronica. The male shown by Metzner (1999) sub N. membrosa could also belong to N. absheronica (needs to be verified).
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Noflatscher 1993)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Schäfer & Klimsa 2017)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Schäfer & Klimsa 2017)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Logunov 1996c)
Spermatheca, ventral view
(Logunov 1996c)
Distribution List
References
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Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). [N.B.: few records from this paper are not taken over and not commented] Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Hänggi A, Stäubli A, Heer X, Trivellone V, Pollini Paltrinieri L, Moretti M (2014) Eleven new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) for Switzerland discovered in vineyards in Ticino - What are possible reasons? Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 87: 215-228
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Schäfer M, Klimsa E (2017) Ein Beitrag zur Springspinnenfauna Spaniens mit drei Erstnachweisen für die Balearen (Araneae, Salticidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 53: 62-66
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World Spider Catalog (2020) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.03.2020) doi: 10.24436/2