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Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Eratigena  Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi, 2013   22 species

Eratigena talassemtane  Lecigne & Bosmans, 2023

Description

Colour: prosoma greyish brown, with wide pale median and marginal bands; chelicerae brown; sternum yellowish with distinct pale median band tape in the rear half; legs pale yellowish, not annulated, metatarsi and tarsi darkened; opisthosoma dorsally greyish brown with 2 lines of lighter spots extending posteriorly by chevrons.
Chelicerae: Cheliceral promargin with 3 teeth, the middle one the largest, the proximal one the smallest; cheliceral retromargin with 6 teeth, the four distal ones subequal and conical, the two proximal ones of decreasing size.
Metatarsi I with long hairs.

Male palp: RTA with two branches, the ventral one small, conical and translucid, pointing in anterior direction, the dorsal one strongly sclerotized, triangular, robust, with broad base, the dorsal part a small sharp tooth pointing backward; median apophysis partly membranous and partly with a distal accent-shaped sclerite, weakly sclerotized, prolaterally in the shape of a stretched lamella with almost parallel edges; embolus filiform, originating at a 10 o’clock position, tip at a 5 o’clock position; conductor terminally bifid, strongly sclerotized, unequal, the prolateral branch larger and slightly twisted.

Body length male: 8.9 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Only known from one cave, in the Talassemtane National Park.
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Morocco
Phenology
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"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.

Morocco   (Lecigne et al., 2023) |||
References

Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2023) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – first note – on new records of cave spiders. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 44-71 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
20-01-2024 Datasheet update Detail
15-01-2024 Image insert
10-01-2024 Distribution insert Detail