Alopecosa taeniata (C. L. Koch, 1835)
Description
Male
Prosoma brownish, broad median band with dense white hairs, margin with white hairs. Sternum brown to reddish brown. Femora dark brown, patellae and tibiae brown. Metatarsi and tarsi yellowish brown. Legs III and IV lighter than I and II. Opisthosoma dorsally brownish, median band light and tapering posteriad, anterior lanceolate marking within median band brown, some darker spot at edges, lateral brown bands with dark spots at inward edges, venter light brown with white pubescence.
Prosoma length: 4.0-5.0 mm, prosoma width: 2.9-3.4 mm.
Body length male: 8.4-8.6 mmFemale
Colour as in male. Epigynal transverse pocket with both apices separated. Anterior part of median septum narrow, posterior part greatly widened. Epigastric furrow with 2 shallow cavities. Ducts between elongate primary receptacles and pear-shaped secondary receptacles winding.
Prosoma length: 3.5-5.1 mm, prosoma width: 2.5-3.8 mm.
Body length female: 9.6 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kronestedt 1990)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolus
(Kronestedt 1990)
Embolus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tegular apophysis, frontal view
(Roberts 1998)
Tegular apophysis, frontal view
(Kronestedt 1990)
Tegular apophysis, ventral view
(Kronestedt 1990)
Tegular apophysis
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Coxa I
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kronestedt 1990)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Kronestedt 1990)
Vulva
(Kronestedt 1990)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
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
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
Grbac I, Katušić L, Lukić M (2019) Catalogue of spiders (Araneae) deposited in the Croatian Natural History Museum. Natura Croatica 28: 185-269
Helsdingen P J van, IJland S, Komnenov M (2018) Inventory of the spiders (Araneae) of the border region of northern Greece with Albania and FYR Macedonia. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 37: 5-23
Hirna A, Gnelitsa V, Zhukovets E (2016) A checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of the Chornohora Mountain massif (Ukrainian Carpathians). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 51: 16-38
Ivanov V V (2013) The checklist of Belarusian spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoology and Ecology 4: 293-311
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kronestedt T (1990) Separation of two species standing as Alopecosa aculeata (Clerck) by morphological, behavioural and ecological characters, with remarks on related species in the pulverulenta group (Araneae, Lycosidae). Zoologica Scripta 19: 203-225
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Kůrka A, Naumova M, Indzhov S, Deltshev C (2020) New faunistic and taxonomic data on the spider fauna of Albania (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 8-21
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Morka G H (unpubl.)
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
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
Updates
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| 12-07-2021 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 28-06-2019 | Distribution update | Detail |
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