Trochosa spinipalpis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895)
Description
Palp male: tibia ventrally with 6-15 robust spines. Prosoma with bright, yellowish median band and dark lateral bands. Two dark, longish oval stripes in anterior half of bright median band. Opisthosoma dark brown-reddish with dark, indistinct cardiac mark.
Body length male: 6-8 mmBody length female: 9-12 mm
Additional information
Active during the night, in damp meadows.
This species can bite humans when accidently squeezing them. The bite is painful as a wasp sting. Also a moderate local epidermal swelling has been reported.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiebes 1959)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Embolus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia
(Loksa 1972)
Palpal tibia, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Leg I, lateral view
(Marusik & Nadolny 2020)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Vulva
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Vulva
(Loksa 1972)
Vulva
(Wiebes 1959)
Habitus
(Loksa 1972)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Loksa 1972)
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
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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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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