Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837
Description
Male
Prosoma 4.4 mm long.
Body length male: 9.4 mmFemale
Prosoma yellowish, with darkened grooves. Prosoma 4.3 mm long. Eyes subequal in size, anterior row straight, posterior row slightly procurved. Legs with brown annulations. Opisthosoma whitish, with dark irregular spots.
Body length female: 10 mmAdditional information
In buildings.
This species is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and could establish.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1981a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1981a)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Aharon et al. 2017)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Aharon et al. 2017)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Aharon et al. 2017)
Bulbus
(Lee 2005)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1981a)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1981a)
Chelicera, anterior view
(Brignoli 1981a)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Aharon et al. 2017)
Tarsus, lateral view
(Lee 2005)
Habitus
(Lee 2005)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Brignoli 1981a)
Epigyne
(Aharon et al. 2017)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Brignoli 1981a)
Vulva, postero-dorsal view
(Aharon et al. 2017)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Aharon et al. 2017)
Chelicerae, lateral view
(Lee 2005)
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(Aharon et al. 2017)
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
Aharon S, Huber B A, Gavish-Regev E (2017) Daddy-long-leg giants: revision of the spider genus Artema Walckenaer, 1837 (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 376: 1-57 
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Brignoli P M (1981a) Studies on the Pholcidae, I. Notes on the genera Artema and Physocyclus (Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 90-100
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Lee P (2005) An imported pholcid in Felixstowe. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 102: 7
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 04-06-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 29-03-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 10-06-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 16-01-2021 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 14-03-2017 | Distribution update | Detail |
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