Pardosa occidentalis Simon, 1881
Description
Male
Colouration as in females.
Female
Prosoma brown, ocular area almost black, median and lateral bands yellow. Legs: femora with black spots dorsally, tibiae and metatarsi with indistinct annulation, tarsi somewhat darker. Opisthosoma with variable pattern.
Body length female: 7.0 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ledoux 1973)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Ledoux 1973)
Habitus
(Ledoux 1973)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Tongiorgi 1966b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Ledoux 1973)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Ledoux 1973)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Ledoux 1973)
Vulva
(Ledoux 1973)
Habitus
(Ledoux 1973)
Distribution List
References
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Ledoux J-C (1973) Notes d'aranéologie: 3, Pardosa occidentalis (Araneae, Lycosidae), espèce nouvelle pour la France. Entomologiste 29: 11-15
Tongiorgi P (1966b) Wolf spiders of the Pardosa monticola group (Araneae, Lycosidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 134: 335-359
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
| 15-10-2013 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 15-10-2013 | Image insert |