Poecilochroa senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Description
Male
Palp globular, membranous, brown embolus tapers into fine filament, membranous, light conductor partly envelopes tip of embolus on mesal side. Large tibial retrolateral apophysis splits into short, slightly scooped, blackish lobe, and a hooked, yellow process. Prosoma length: 2.1-3.0 mm, prosoma width: 1.4-2.1 mm.
Body length male: 4.3-6.6 mmFemale
Epigyne: swollen plates divided medially by elongated, brown cavity edged by broad,blackish margins. Copulatory orifices located at midlevel of spermathecae. Median black ducts of large, reddish-yellow, compact spermathecae nearly touching each other at middle. Prosoma length: 2.8-4.2 mm, prosoma width: 1.8-3.0 mm.
Body length female: 5.4-10.4 mmAdditional information
Under stones and in moist grassland (Chios, Greece)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Murphy 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Murphy 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Chelicera
(Murphy 2007)
Opisthosoma
(Murphy 2007)
Epigyne
(Murphy 2007)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Murphy 2007)
Sternum
(Murphy 2007)
Habitus
(Murphy 2007)
Ocular area
(Murphy 2007)
Spinnerets
(Murphy 2007)
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
Alioua A, Bosmans R (2020) Poecilochroa senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) recorded for the first time in Algeria and Morocco, with the proposition of a new synonym. Serket 17: 121-126 
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Bosmans R, Gavalas I (2023) The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 1-91
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Murphy J (2007) Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 605 pp.
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Russell-Smith A, Allison R, Askins M, Blumsom W, Snazell R, Spilling C (2011) A provisional checklist and gazetteer of the spiders of Chios, Greece (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 133-167
Seyyar O, Topçu A, Demir H (2006a) New records of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Anatolia. Zoology in the Middle East 38: 118-120
Simon E (1914) Les arachnides de France 6 (1). Paris (Roret): 1-308
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 03-02-2024 | Image insert | |
| 03-02-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 21-11-2022 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 21-11-2022 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 15-07-2020 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 17-04-2020 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 17-04-2020 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 13-06-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 01-12-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |