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Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Gnaphosa  Latreille, 1804   71 species

Gnaphosa limbata Strand, 1900

Description
Male

Male unknown.

Female

Only juvenile female described. Prosoma dark brown-grey, widely rebordered, anteriorly strongly narrowed. Pars cephalica high, strongly sloping at the edges. Fovea large, deep lateral grooves. Sternum and legs black. Opisthosoma black with bluish shine dorsally and 4 lighter spots, ventrally lighter with two parallel longitudinal lines. Prosoma length: 3.0 mm.

Body length female: 9.5 mm
Additional information

No illustrations provided by the author.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Norway
Figures
Distribution List
Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) |||
References

Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
25-03-2022 Image insert
13-06-2016 Datasheet update Detail