Alopecosa barbipes (Sundevall, 1833)
Description
Male
Prosoma brownish, median band lighter. Chelicerae greyish brown. Stenrum dark brown. Legs yellowish grey, ventral side of femora, tibiae and metatarsi I-II blackish brown. Opisthosoma: dorsum with angular transverse lines in posterior part, lighter than in females (Almquist, 2005).
Body length male: 7.5-9.0 mmFemale
Prosoma dark brown, cephalic part laterally with white hairs, median band yellowish brown edged by white hairs. Chelicerae almost black, frontally covered with white hairs. Sternum dark brown to black, with lighter median stripe. Legs brown, with darker annulation. Opisthosoma: dorsum brown, with light median band and light brown cardiac mark, edged by black lines and angles, posterior half with black transverse lines, some forming angles, venter light yellowish brown (Almquist, 2005).
Body length female: 7.8-10.0 mmAdditional information
Distribution boundary in Germany see https://atlas.arages.de/species/6024 and https://atlas.arages.de/species/730
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne 2016d)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Median apophysis, prolateral view
(Wiebes 1959)
Tegular apophysis
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Leg I
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Leg I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Leg I, lateral view
(Canard & Cruveillier 2019)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Wiebes 1959)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, detail, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Canard & Cruveillier 2019)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wiebes 1959)
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
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Almquist S (2006) Swedish Araneae, part 1 – families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 62(2005): 1-284
Biteniekytė M, Rėlys V (2012) The checklist of Lithuanian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Biologija 57: 148-158
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Canard A, Cruveillier M (2019) Révision des Alopecosa de France du groupe «accentuata/barbipes/farinosa» (Lycosidae, Araneae), données et distribution. Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 2: 2-19
Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp.
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kreuels M, Staudt A, Christian S (2019) Die Spinnenfauna von Luxemburg – eine Zusammenstellung der Nachweise aus den Jahren 1906-2018 (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois 121: 203-230
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lecigne S (2016d) Atlas préliminaire des araignées Araneae du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais. Le Héron 48(2015): 1-236
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British spiders. Vol. I. Ray Society, London, 310 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Menge A (1869) Preussische Spinnen. III. Abtheilung. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig (N. F.) 2: 219-264
Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Scharff N, Gudik-Sørensen O (2006) Katalog over Danmarks edderkopper (Araneae). Catalogue of the spiders of Denmark (Araneae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 74: 3-71
Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages
Wiebes J T (1959) The Lycosidae and Pisauridae (Araneae) of the Netherlands. Zoologische Verhandelingen 42: 1-78
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 24-10-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 11-08-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 11-06-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 17-07-2020 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 14-05-2020 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 05-10-2019 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 10-03-2015 | Distribution update | Detail |