Pisaura quadrilineata (Lucas, 1838)
Description
Male
Resembles P. mirabilis.
Female
Resembles P. mirabilis. Epigyne: anterior triangle less developed, almost square, septum short and wide. Median plate very small with anterior border strongly curved. Halves of epigyneal depression very small, epigyne even more anchor-shaped than in other species. Copulatory ducts short and simple.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1992a)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1992a)
Epigyne
(Brignoli 1984a)
Epigyne
(Brignoli 1984a)
Epigyne
(Brignoli 1984a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1992a)
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
Brignoli P M (1984a) Zur Problematik der mediterranen Pisaura-Arten (Arachnida, Araneae, Pisauridae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 213: 33-43 
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
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1992a) Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution. Beiträge zur Araneoleologie 1: 1-619