Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Eratigena  Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi, 2013   26 species

Eratigena picta (Simon, 1870)

Description

Tibial apophysis rounded distally. Vulva with longish receptaculum seminis, entrance ducts convoluted. Prosoma yellow-brown, sometimes with black pattern. Sternum dark brown, unicoloured, median slightly brighter sometimes. Legs yellowish grey-brown, unicoloured. Opisthosoma dark brown, sometimes slightly reddish, dorsally with bright chevrons.

Body length male: 5.5-8.0 mm
Body length female: 6.0-9.0 mm
Additional information

In warm places under stones and amongst low plants

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Bolzern et al. (2013b: 772): "Records from Hungary, the Balkan region, and Russia may be doubtful".
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, North Africa, Caucasus
Phenology
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Distribution List
Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Italy  Removed (Pantini & Isaia, 2018) ||| Luxembourg   (Kreuels et al., 2019; Staudt et al., 2013) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) ||| Serbia   (Stanković, 2025) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| Ukraine   (Fedoriak & Zhukovets, 2011) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
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