Clubiona similis L. Koch, 1867
Description
Tibial apophysis with U-shaped projecting branch, broadened and indented at tip. Copulatory opening (in contrast to the drawing by Wiehle) more slit-like than round. Prosoma yellow-red. Chelicerae dark. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma grey-red, with light hairs.
Body length male: 3.0-4.0 mmBody length female: 8.0-7.9 mm
Additional information
on low vegetation in damp localities
Many records, especially outside the high mountains and at the river banks at the rivers coming from them, presumably belong to Clubiona frisia
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1965b)
Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Reimoser 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Sterghiu 1985)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Danışman et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Danışman et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Danışman et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Coşar et al. 2022a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Coşar et al. 2022a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Coşar et al. 2022a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Coşar et al. 2022a)
Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1965b)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Sterghiu 1985)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1965b)
Epigyne
(Danışman et al. 2018)
Epigyne
(Türkeş et al. 2023a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1965b)
Vulva
(Sterghiu 1985)
Vulva
(Azheganova 1968)
Vulva
(Danışman et al. 2018)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Türkeş et al. 2023a)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Sterghiu 1985)
Habitus
(Sterghiu 1985)
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
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 
Azheganova N S (1968) Kratkii opredelitel' paukov (Aranei) lesnoi i lesostepnoi zony SSSR. Akademia Nauk SSSR, 149pp.
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
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
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152
Coşar İ, Danışman T, Can S B (2022a) A new record of the genus Clubiona (Araneae: Clubionidae) from Turkey. Arthropods 11: 148-152
Danışman T, Coşar İ, Özgen İ (2018) Three new Clubiona records for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae: Clubionidae). Serket 16: 90-95
Geci D, Naumova M, Ibrahimi H, Grapci-Kotori L, Gashi A, Bilalli A, Musliu M (2023) Contribution to spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) from Bjeshkët e Nemuna mountains (Kosovo). Natura Croatica 32: 525-547
Ivanov V V, Prichtschepchik O V (2014) [New spider species (Arachnida, Araneae) for Belariusian fauna]. In: [Biodiversity of terrestrial and aquatic animals. Zoo-resources]. Materials of the II Panrussian Scientific Internet Conference, Kazan, 27. Feb. 2014, pp. 42-44.
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Naumova M, Lazarov S, Deltshev C (2019a) Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 22: 50-89
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
Reimoser E (1937) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, VIII. 16: Familie Gnaphosidae oder Plattbauchspinnen; 17: Familie Anyphaenidae oder Zartspinnen; 18: Familie Clubionidae oder Röhrenspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 33: 1-99
Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Sterghiu C (1985) Fam. Clubionidae. Fauna Republicii Socialiste România (Arachnida) 5 (4): 1-168
Tullgren A (1946) Svensk spindelfauna. 3. Egentiliga spinddlar. Araneae Fam 5-7. Clubionidae, Zoridae och Gnaphosidae. Stockholm (Entomol Fören.): 141 pp.
Türkeş T, Seyyar O, Demir H (2023a) New locality record of Clubiona similis L. Koch, 1867 (Araneae: Clubionidae) in Türkiye. Serket 19: 243-245
Vasiliev A I, Mikhailov K G (2023) Annotated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Republic of Moldova. Invertebrate Zoology 20: 307-342
Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages
Wiehle H (1965b) Die Clubiona - Arten Deutschlands, ihre natürliche Gruppierung und die Einheitlichkeit im Bau ihrer Vulva (Arach., Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 46: 471-505
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
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