Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Embolus straight, with a large basal outgrowth and a tooth-shaped structure more distally. Prosoma and legs unicoloured reddish brown. Opisthosoma unicoloured reddish brown.
Body length male: 3-4 mmBody length female: 4-6 mm
Additional information
Pantropically distributed, in Central Europe only in warm greenhouses
This species of South American origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chrysanthus 1963)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1998b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 2008a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Gabriel 2010)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1998b)
Epigyne, with mating plug, ventral view
(Chrysanthus 1963)
Vulva
(Chrysanthus 1963)
Vulva, antero-dorsal view
(Gabriel 2010)
Habitus
(Chrysanthus 1963)
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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Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
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). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Chrysanthus P (1963) Spiders from south New Guinea V. Nova Guinea, Zoology 24: 727-750
Gabriel G (2010) Nesticodes rufipes – Erstnachweis einer pantropischen Kugelspinne in Deutschland (Araneae: Theridiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 39: 39-41
Hänggi A, Stäubli A (2012) Nachträge zum „Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen“: 4. Neunachweise von 2002 bis 2011. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 59-76
Levy G (1998b) Araneae: Theridiidae. In Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem. , 228 pp.
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
Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Wilson R (2012) An American jumper in Leeds, west Yorkshire and an update on non-native taxa recorded in the UK. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 123: 10-15
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
Wunderlich J (2008a) On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5: 140-469