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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Latrodectus  Walckenaer, 1805   9 species

Latrodectus lilianae  Melic, 2000

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037048

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Description
Male

Palp similar to that of L. tredecimguttatus. Prosoma dark reddish, 1.1-2.6 mm long. Opisthosoma whitish, dorsally with 2 series of contiguous irregular black patches.

Body length male: 2.6-5.6 mm
Female

Epigyne similar to that of L. tredecimguttatus. Vulva: spermathecae distinctly apart. Prosoma reddish or black, at least as wide as long. Prosoma 4.2-5.1 mm long. Legs reddish black. Opisthosoma brown or black, with a dorsal light pattern formed by blotches and angular lines, opisthosoma covered with only long, simple hairs.

Body length female: 12-16 mm
Additional information

In dry or very dry steppes.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Algeria: probably (Melic 2000)
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain, Algeria?
Phenology
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Figures
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male Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Melic 2000)

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male Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Melic 2000)

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male Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Melic 2000)

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male Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Melic 2000)

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male Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Melic 2000)

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female Epigyne
(Melic 2000)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Melic 2000)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Melic 2000)

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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Melic 2000)

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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Melic 2000)

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.

Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
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 pdf

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 pdf

Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522 pdf

Melic A (2000) El género Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805 en la península Ibérica (Araneae, Theridiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 1: 13-30 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
14-10-2019 Datasheet update Detail