Vesubia jugorum (Simon, 1881)
Description
Prosoma dark brown, one black stripe in the range of fovea, one median and lateral stripe. Posterior prosoma region sometimes brighter. Sternum dark brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Legs red-brown, sometimes with dark longitudinal stripes, I and II with robust spines. Metatarsus and tarsus with scopulae. Opisthosoma dorsally grey, median stripe brown, little pronounced, with black margin, laterally yellowish, ventrally rust-brown.
Body length male: 15-18 mmBody length female: 15-18 mm
Additional information
in the range of high alpine block fields, where they build retreat tubes under stones. Endemic species of the Maritime Alps, above 2300 m
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp
(Tongiorgi 1969)
Pedipalp, expanded, anterior view
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Pedipalp, expanded, ventral view
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Bulbus, apical view
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Epigyne
(Tongiorgi 1968)
Epigyne
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Epigyne
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Epigyne
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Vulva
(Maurer & Thaler 1988)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Habitus
(Tongiorgi 1968)
Eyes, frontal view
(Tongiorgi 1968)
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(Piacentini et al. 2024)
Distribution List
References
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
Maurer R, Thaler K (1988) Über bemerkenswerte Spinnen des Parc National du Mercantour (F) und seiner Umgebung (Arachnida: Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 95: 329-352
Milano F, Tolve M, Isaia M (2023) Natural history and conservation of the wolf spider Vesubia jugorum (Simon, 1881) (Araneae, Lycosidae), assessed as endangered in the IUCN Red List. Zoosystema 45: 1-12
Piacentini L N, Marusik Y M, Isaia M (2024) Unraveling the monotypy of Vesubia Simon, 1909 and its relationships to Alopecosa Simon, 1885 (Araneae, Lycosidae). Zoosystema 46: 617-629
Tongiorgi P (1968) Su alcuni ragni italiani della famiglia Lycosidae. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 16: 107-112
Tongiorgi P (1969) Vesubia jugorum (Simon) un ragno licoside endemico delle alpi marittime. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali B75: 255-264
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
| 02-10-2024 | Image insert | |
| 14-01-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |