Arctosa villica (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Prosoma yellow-brown, whitish median and lateral stripes, median stripe slightly widened, V-shaped, vague anteriorly, with narrow dark line in head region. Lateral stripes with 3-4 brown marginal spots and with 2-3 distinct spots. Sternum yellowish. Legs red-yellow. Femur with 2 or 3 brown rings. Opisthosoma provided with fine, yellowish hairs, and several red-brown stout hairs. Narrow, lancet-shaped median stripe in anterior half, flanked by dark spots. Dark spots indicate triangular patterns in posterior half. Laterally and ventrally yellowish.
Body length female: 13 mmAdditional information
in dry localities, under stones, often near coasts
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Murphy & Tongiorgi 1979)
Pedipalp
(Murphy & Tongiorgi 1979)
Epigyne
(Murphy & Tongiorgi 1979)
Habitus
(Murphy & Tongiorgi 1979)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
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
Murphy F, Tongiorgi P (1979) Arctosa villica (Lucas) 1846: drawings and observations. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 402-406
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
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 02-01-2018 | Image insert | |
| 29-12-2014 | Distribution update | Detail |