Iberesia brauni (L. Koch, 1882)
Description
Embolus with 3 denticles on tip. Vulva with bipartite, short, mushroom-shaped spermatheca. Prosoma dorsally slightly longer than wide. Chelicerae dorsally with brighter, silver white haired longitudinal stripe, fang of male irregularly toothed, in female smooth. Spinnerets with posterior median spinnerets reduced (species-specific).
Body length male: 15.6 mmBody length female: 20.0-26.0 mm
Additional information
From sea level up to above 800 m, on exposed, horizontal surfaces, also on slopes and between stones
Frequency: Widely distributed
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Decae 2005)
Pedipalp
(Decae 2005)
Bulbus
(Decae & Cardoso 2006)
Bulbus
(Luis de la Iglesia 2019)
Tip of embolus
(Decae 2005)
Leg I, prolateral view
(Decae 2005)
Habitus
(Decae 2005)
Vulva
(Decae 2005)
Spermathecae
(Luis de la Iglesia 2019)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Decae 2005)
Habitus
(Decae 2005)
Habitus, ventral view
(Decae 2005)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Decae 2005)
Fang
(Decae 2005)
Patella and tibia III
(Decae 2005)
Spinnerets
(Decae 2005)
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
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Decae A E (2005) Trapdood spiders of the genus Nemesia Audouin, 1826 on Majorca and Ibiza: taxonomy, distribution and behaviour (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13: 145-168
Decae A, Cardoso P (2006) Iberesia, a new genus of trapdoor spiders (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from Portugal & Spain. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 12: 3-11
Luis de la Iglesia J A (2019) A new Iberian trapdoor spider, Iberesia valdemoriana n. sp., and the first records of I. brauni and I. barbara in the Iberian Peninsula (Araneae: Nemesiidae). Arachnology 18: 156-171
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