Nemesia arboricola Pocock, 1903
Description
Female
Prosoma brownish, cephalic part raised. Prosoma length: 6.1-8.6 mm. Legs: all fermora spineless, anterior tibiae with 7 spines, tibia II with 2 spines, tibia IV with 5-7 spines, metatarsus II with 5 spines, metatarsus III with 6 spines, metatarsus IV with 4 spines. Opisthosoma brownish.
Body length female: 16-24 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Tip of embolus
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Patella III
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Tibia and metatarsus I
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Vulva, ventral view
(Decae 2012)
Spermathecae, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Spermathecae, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Labium, ventral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Labium, ventral view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Cassar et al. 2022)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Cassar 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
Cassar T, Mifsud D, Decae A E (2022) The Nemesia trapdoor spider fauna of the Maltese archipelago, with the description of two new species (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 806: 90-112 
Dandria D (2001) Observations on the endemic Maltese trap-door spider Nemesia arboricola Pocock, 1903 (Araneae: Nemesiidae). The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 3: 103-107
Decae A E (2012) Geography-related sub-generic diversity within the Mediterranean trapdoor spider genus Nemesia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43: 24-28
Nicolosi G, Pantini P, Devincenzo U, Guariento L A, Italiano V, Zanca L, Sarà M, Isaia M (2024) New data on spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the islands of the Strait of Sicily (Southern Italy) with taxonomic notes on Poecilochroa loricata Kritscher, 1996 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) and eight new records for Europe. The European Zoological Journal 91: 1009-1034
Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110
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