Xerolycosa miniata (C. L. Koch, 1834)
Description
Male palp with apophysis distinctly longer than wide at its base. Epigynal grooves longer than wide. Prosoma brown, with bright median stripe, its margin indented. Sternum dark brown. Legs unicoloured, almost black. Opisthosoma dark brown, slightly darker spot in heart region.
Body length male: 4.7-5.5 mmBody length female: 5-7.6 mm
Additional information
On sunny sandy plains with very short grass, not in woodland and in the mountains
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiebes 1959)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp
(Dahl 1937)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Bulbus, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Median apophysis, retrolateral view
(Wiebes 1959)
Tegular apophysis
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Wiebes 1959)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Dahl 1937)
Vulva
(Azheganova 1968)
Vulva
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Vulva
(Jäger 1995a)
Vulva
(Loksa 1972)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Sternum
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tarsus
(Loksa 1972)
Habitus
(Dahl 1937)
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
References
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Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152 
Dahl M (1937) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, VIII: Hahniidae, Argyronetidae. Tierwelt Deutschlands 33: 100-118
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Jäger P (1995a) Faunistische Untersuchungen an Spinnen (Araneae) der Wahner Heide (Nordrhein-Westfalen) mit Anmerkungen zur Biologie und Taxonomie. Diplomarbeit, Zoologisches Institut, Universität zu Köln
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British Spiders 1. Ray Soc London
Loksa I (1972) Pokok II-Araneae II. Fauna Hungariae 109: 3.1-3.112
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
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Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Roberts M J (1995) Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins Field Guide Bath
Wiebes J T (1959) The Lycosidae and Pisauridae (Araneae) of the Netherlands. Zool Verh 42: 1-78
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