Pardosa vittata (Keyserling, 1863)
Description
Male
Prosoma male: dark brown, long and narrow, median bright band spindle-shaped or with ± parallel margins, lateral bands yellow, broad, continuous, narrow, a dark band consisting of dark spots on margin. Legs yellow. Femur male: ventrally dark. Tibia female: annulated or spotted dorsally. Metatarsus II ventrally with long hairs, longer than on other legs. Opisthosoma male: black with yellowish, lancet-shaped stripe in anterior part, posteriorly one row of white spots, often merged to a band, sides grey-white. Spinnerets yellow.
Body length male: 6.0 mmFemale
Prosoma female: dark brown, longitudinal band sometimes reduced, median and lateral longitudinal bands reddish. Femur female: annulated or spotted dorsally. Opisthosoma female: black with grey or reddish pattern.
Body length female: 6.3 mmAdditional information
in damp localities, also in agricultural areas, up to 1000 m
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Pedipalp
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Epigyne
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Epigyne
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Vulva
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Habitus
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Habitus
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Habitus
(Loksa 1972)
Leg II
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
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
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Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
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Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Tongiorgi P (1966a) Italian Wolf spiders of the genus Pardosa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 134: 275-334
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WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2