araneae - Cryptachaea veruculata

Description

Conductor transversely truncated distally. Opisthosoma with dark median stripe, otherwise white, laterally brownish with dark stripes.

Body length male: 2.5-3.5 mm
Body length female: 3.7-5.2 mm

Additional information

On bushes and sometimes on trees. Imported from Australia or New Zealand and established in Scilly (GB) at the beginning of the 20th century, discovered in Belgium in 1992, further records is expected in Europe

This species of Australian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and could establish.

Distribution

Presence

Not established

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2024): Australia, New Zealand. Introduced to Europe

Phenology



Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Figures

Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)

Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)

Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)

Epigyne
(Locket et al. 1974)

Vulva
(Locket et al. 1974)

Habitus
(Locket et al. 1974)

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

Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212

Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.

Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.

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

Cryptachaea veruculata (Urquhart, 1886)