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Oonopidae  Simon, 1890 / Ischnothyreus  Simon, 1892   3 species

Ischnothyreus peltifer  (Simon, 1892)

Description

Bulbus with neckband-like chitinisation, ventrally with 2 protuberances. Spermaporus small. Prosoma light brown, highest point of prosoma brighter, almost white. Male: with a pair of dark brown, egg-shaped spots behind eyes. Sternum yellow-white. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs yellow-white, I and II with spines, III and IV without. Opisthosoma yellow-white, dorsal scutum shiny light brown, with fine radial stripes, ventral scutum pale yellow.

Additional information

Probably occasionally mixed up with I. velox (Saaristo 2010: 120).

This species of Asian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and could establish.

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Tropical Asia. Introduced to North, Central, South America, Ascension Is., Britain, Switzerland, Gaboon, Seychelles, Madagascar, Hawaii
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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.

Switzerland   (Hänggi et al., 2021) ||| United Kingdom   (Locket & Millidge, 1951; Saaristo, 2010) |||
References

Hänggi A, Bobbitt I, Kranz-Baltensperger Y, Bolzern A, Gilgado J D (2021) Spiders (Araneae) from Swiss hothouses, with records of four species new for Switzerland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 67-74 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British spiders. Vol. I. Ray Society, London, 310 pp. pdf

Saaristo M I (2001) Dwarf hunting spiders or Oonopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Seychelles. Insect Systematics & Evolution 32: 307-358 pdf

Saaristo M I (2010) Araneae. In: Gerlach J & Marusik Y M (eds.) Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles Islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306. pdf

Sherwood D, Dunlop J, Sharp A (2024) On the identity of Opopaea euphorbicola Strand, 1909 and first records of three other non-native goblin spiders from Ascension Island (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa 5437: 125-130 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
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