Meta bourneti Simon, 1922
Description
Conductor sickle-like bent. Dorsal part of paracymbium distally narrower than width at base. Epigyne with medially notched anterior margin. Prosoma red-brown, with darker margin and eye region. Legs red-brown. Opisthosoma yellowish, dorsally with dark transverse stripes or large spots, laterally often completely black.
Body length male: 10-13 mmBody length female: 13-16 mm
Additional information
in caves
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Isaia et al. 2011)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Morano 2020)
Paracymbium
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Isaia et al. 2011)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Morano 2020)
Epigyne
(Geci et al. 2022)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Geci et al. 2022)
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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Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
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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
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