Lycosidae: Alopecosa Simon, 1885
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General remark for both sexes: Two basic dorsal opisthosomal patterns can be distinguished: type A (right) and type B (left).
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Opisthosoma ventrally black | ||||||||||||||||
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Anterior cheliceral furrow margin with blunt projection; prosoma with distinct longitudinal stripe; tarsus with grey scopula | ||||||||||||||||
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Anterior cheliceral furrow margin without blunt projection; prosoma at most with indistinct longitudinal stripe; tegular apophysis big, ± quadrangular; dorsal pattern of opisthosoma similar to type B Alopecosa sulzeri (Pavesi, 1873)
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Tegular apophysis distally bent at right angle |
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Tegular apophysis with robust tooth, straightly truncated distally; dorsal pattern like type B Alopecosa fabrilis (Clerck, 1757)
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Tegular apophysis distally pointed Alopecosa inquilina (Clerck, 1757)
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Tegular apophysis with straight and parallel margins; opisthosomal pattern like type B Alopecosa striatipes (C. L. Koch, 1839)
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Tegular apophysis slantingly truncated distally Alopecosa mariae (Dahl, 1908)
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Terminal apophysis not visible or lacking; opisthosoma with dorsal pattern like type B Alopecosa schmidti (Hahn, 1835)
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Spinnerets dark brown to black; body pattern like type A |
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Tibia I distinctly thickened and darker than remaining segments; pedipalp as fig. Alopecosa cuneata (Clerck, 1757)
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Prosoma with distinct, broad, continuous longitudinal stripe; distal process of tegular apophysis straight Alopecosa trabalis (Clerck, 1757)
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| - | Prosoma with narrow, continuous longitudinal stripe; if broken, then stripe indistinct | ||||||||||||||||
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Longitudinal stripe on prosoma hardly visible or lacking; sternum brown; pedipalp as fig. Alopecosa aculeata (Clerck, 1757)
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Longitudinal stripe on prosoma distinct; sternum brown with bright median area; pedipalp as fig. Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757)
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| 12 (8) |
Prosoma without longitudinal stripes | ||||||||||||||||
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Prosoma with not very distinct longitudinal stripes; tegular apophysis as fig.; dorsal pattern like type B Alopecosa farinosa (Herman, 1879)
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| 13 (12)
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Dorsal pattern like type A; scopula on tarsi grey; pedipalp as fig. Alopecosa pinetorum (Thorell, 1856)
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| - | Dorsal pattern like type B |
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| 14 (13)
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Prosoma length 2.7-3.4 mm; tegular apophysis as fig. Alopecosa cursor (Hahn, 1831)
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Prosoma length 5.0-5.9 mm; tegular apophysis as fig. Alopecosa solitaria (Herman, 1879)
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Median epigynal part anchor-shaped; opisthosoma ventrally black |
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Anterior epigynal pocket narrow; median epigynal part with deep longitudinal groove; dorsal pattern like type B Alopecosa inquilina (Clerck, 1757)
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Anterior epigynal pocket wide; median epigynal part without depression; dorsal pattern like type B Alopecosa fabrilis (Clerck, 1757)
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| 17 (15) |
Median epigynal part longer than wide; anterior part of median epigynal part larger (or equal) than posterior part of median epigynal part; opisthosoma ventrally yellowish brown |
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| - | Median epigynal part as long as wide or wider than long; anterior epigynal part very small or lacking |
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| 18 (17) |
Spinnerets dark brown; dorsal pattern like type A |
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Spinnerets yellowish; epigyne and vulva as figs.; dorsal pattern like type B Alopecosa pinetorum (Thorell, 1856)
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Anterior part of median epigynal part wide and distinctly widened anteriorly; vulva as fig. Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757)
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Lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma indistinct or missing; margins of anterior part of median epigynal part parallel; vulva as fig. Alopecosa aculeata (Clerck, 1757)
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Sclerotised epigynal region and vulva as figs. Alopecosa trabalis (Clerck, 1757)
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Sclerotised epigynal region and vulva as figs. Alopecosa cuneata (Clerck, 1757)
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Opisthosoma ventrally yellow or reddish yellow; spinnerets yellow or yellowish brown; lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma indistinct or lacking | ||||||||||||||||
| - | Opisthosoma ventrally black; spinnerets brown or blackish; lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma distinct | ||||||||||||||||
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Prosoma length smaller or equal 5.1 mm; lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma lacking or consisting of bright indistinct spots; dorsal pattern like type B ± distinct |
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Prosoma length 5.6-7.5 mm; epigyne and vulva as fig.; lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma not very distinct, mostly broken into a row of spots; dorsal pattern like type B, not very distinct Alopecosa solitaria (Herman, 1879)
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Median epigynal part trapezoid; sclerotised epigynal region anteriorly wider than posteriorly; vulva as fig. Alopecosa farinosa (Herman, 1879)
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Median epigynal part pentagonal; sclerotised epigynal region and vulva as figs. Alopecosa cursor (Hahn, 1831)
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Lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma indistinct; median epigynal part almost as wide as long; anterior epigynal pockets distinctly separated by median epigynal part, its margins merging with margins of epigynal pockets; vulva as fig. Alopecosa sulzeri (Pavesi, 1873)
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High alpine species, difficult to distinguish Alopecosa alpicola (Simon, 1876) |
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| - | Lateral longitudinal stripes on prosoma distinct; median epigynal part distinctly wider than long; anterior epigynal pockets simple or divided, margins of median epigynal part not merging with margins of epigynal pockets | ||||||||||||||||
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Anterior epigynal pocket simple; anterior median epigynal part very short | ||||||||||||||||
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Two anterior epigynal pockets, wide and touching each other; anterior median epigynal part half as wide as posterior median epigynal part; ratio width : length of median epigynal part 1.6 Alopecosa striatipes (C. L. Koch, 1839)
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Median epigynal part round, somewhat wider than long Alopecosa schmidti (Hahn, 1835)
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Median epigynal part at least twice as wide as long Alopecosa mariae (Dahl, 1908)
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Pedipalp, ventral view
Further taxa
| 1. Alopecosa albofasciata (Brullé, 1832) |
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| 2. Alopecosa albostriata (Grube, 1861) |
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| 3. Alopecosa alpicola soriculata (Simon, 1876) |
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| 4. Alopecosa alpicola vidua (Simon, 1937) |
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| 5. Alopecosa atis Caporiacco, 1949 |
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| 6. Alopecosa azsheganovae Esyunin, 1996 |
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| 7. Alopecosa barbipes (Sundevall, 1833) |
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| 8. Alopecosa beckeri (Thorell, 1875) |
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| 9. Alopecosa canaricola Schmidt, 1982 |
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| 10. Alopecosa cronebergi (Thorell, 1875) |
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| 11. Alopecosa dryada Cordes, 1996 |
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| 12. Alopecosa edax (Thorell, 1875) |
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| 13. Alopecosa etrusca Lugetti & Tongiorgi, 1969 |
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| 14. Alopecosa fabrilis trinacriae Lugetti & Tongiorgi, 1969 |
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| 15. Alopecosa garamantica (Caporiacco, 1936) |
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| 16. Alopecosa hirtipes (Kulczyński, 1907) |
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| 17. Alopecosa inderensis Ponomarev, 2007 |
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| 18. Alopecosa kalavrita Buchar, 2001 |
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| 19. Alopecosa kovblyuki Nadolny & Ponomarev, 2012 |
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| 20. Alopecosa krynickii (Thorell, 1875) |
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| 21. Alopecosa kungurica Esyunin, 1996 |
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| 22. Alopecosa kuntzi Denis, 1953 |
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| 23. Alopecosa laciniosa (Simon, 1876) |
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| 24. Alopecosa mutabilis (Kulczyński, 1908) |
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| 25. Alopecosa osellai Lugetti & Tongiorgi, 1969 |
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| 26. Alopecosa pelusiaca (Audouin, 1826) |
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| 27. Alopecosa pentheri (Nosek, 1905) |
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| 28. Alopecosa psammophila Buchar, 2001 |
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| 29. Alopecosa pulverulenta tridentina (Thorell, 1875) |
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| 30. Alopecosa simoni (Thorell, 1872) |
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| 31. Alopecosa solivaga (Kulczyński, 1901) |
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| 32. Alopecosa spasskyi Ponomarev, 2008 |
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| 33. Alopecosa steppica Ponomarev, 2007 |
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| 34. Alopecosa subvalida Guy, 1966 |
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| 35. Alopecosa taeniata (C. L. Koch, 1835) |
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| 36. Alopecosa taeniopus (Kulczyński, 1895) |
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| 37. Alopecosa tunetana Roewer, 1960 |
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| 38. Alopecosa valida (Lucas, 1846) |
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| 39. Alopecosa vivax (Thorell, 1875) |
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| 40. Alopecosa werneri (Roewer, 1960) |
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| 41. Alopecosa yamalensis Esyunin, 1996 |
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