Cryptachaea veruculata (Urquhart, 1886)
Description
Conductor transversely truncated distally. Opisthosoma with dark median stripe, otherwise white, laterally brownish with dark stripes.
Body length male: 2.5-3.5 mmBody 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
Phenology
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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 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 10-06-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |