Pholcidae  C. L. Koch, 1850 / Spermophora  Hentz, 1841   2 species

Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836)

Beschreibung
Männchen

Pedipalpus sehr ungewöhnlich: Tibia mindestens doppelt so lang wie breit, Tarsus mit einer großen Apophyse, unterteilt in 3 Äste, Bulbus mit 2 langen Apophysen. Prosoma 1 mm lang. Prosoma fast farblos, weißlich mit safranfarbigem Fleck. Opisthosoma kugelförmig, weiß oder mit 3 Paar angedeuteten, dunkleren Flecken.

Weibchen

Prosoma weißlich mit 2 schwachen bräunlichen Zeichnungen. Prosoma 1.2 mm lang. Opisthosoma stark kugelförmig, weiß mit 3 Paar schwachen dunklen Flecken.

Körperlänge Weibchen: 2.1 mm
Zusätzliche Informationen

Unter Steinen, in Steinmauern und Höhlen, in nördlichen Gebieten in Häusern.

Diese Art stammt aus Asien (Nahost) und ist daher nicht-einheimisch für Europa. Sie wurde mindestens einmal nach Europa eingeschleppt und hat sich etabliert.

Troglophile Art (Mammola et al., 2022)

Verbreitung
  Vorkommen
  nicht etabliert
  kein Nachweis
Weltweite Verbreitung (WSC 2026): Middle East. Introduced to USA, Jamaica, southern Europe, China, Korea, Japan
Phänologie
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Abbildungen
Verbreitungsnachweise
Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Croatia   (Milosevic, 2002) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| France / Corsica   (Lissner, 2016c) ||| Georgia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Hungary   (Kovács et al., 2008) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Isaia et al., 2025; Schifani et al., 2019) ||| Kosovo   (Geci et al., 2024) ||| Malta   (Pfliegler et al., 2017) ||| Montenegro   (Naumova et al., 2019a) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2014) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Romania   (Moscaliuc, 2012) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022; Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Serbia   (Deltshev et al., 2003b) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| Tunisia   (Dimassi et al., 2016) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a; Kunt et al., 2012) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (Demircan & Topçu, 2016; Demircan Aksan & Topçu, 2022c) ||| Ukraine   (Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015b) |||
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