araneae - Hersiliola simoni

Description

Male

Palp: similar to H. macullulata, but tegulum larger, conductor almost as long as embolus, embolus issues apically and encircles tegulum in one circle, tegular apophysis hook-shaped, more sclerotized. Prosoma 1.6-2.1 mm long.

Body length male: 3.8-4.7 mm

Female

Epigyne: similar to H. macullulata, the median septum, laterally extended, surrounds 2 lateral rounded dimples. Vulva: 3 tight coils of ducts around spermathecal body. Prosoma yellow, with dark patches. Prosoma 1.4-2.3 mm long. Legs yellow, with dark annulations. Opisthosoma yellow, with dark median pattern.

Body length female: 3.3-6 mm

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain, Northern Africa, Middle East, Iran

Females and males in spring and winter.

Figures

Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 2003)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 2003)

Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 2003)

Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy 2003)

Eyes, dorsal view
(Levy 2003)

Epigyne
(Levy 2003)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 2003)

Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 2003)

Spinnerets, ventral view
(Levy 2003)

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.

Algeria (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Cyprus (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Egypt (El-Hennawy, 2017a) ||| Libya (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Morocco (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Portugal (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Tunisia (Bosmans, unpubl.) |||

References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254

El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183

Levy G (2003) Spiders of the families Anyphaenidae, Hahniidae, Ctenidae, Zoridae, and Hersiliidae (Araneae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 49: 1-31

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

Hersiliola simoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)