Kochiura aulica (C. L. Koch, 1838)
Description
Male palp appears disc-shaped. Epigyne with broad chitinous bulge posteriorly. Prosoma yellowish-orange, with slender dark margin and broad brown median stripe. Sternum reddish yellow, margin darkened. Chelicerae yellowish. Legs yellowish, annulated with brown. Opisthosoma light yellowish, sometimes also white or reddish, with broad brown median stripe.
Body length male: 3.5-4.5 mmBody length female: 3.5-4.7 mm
Additional information
On bushes in very warm regions, Mediterranean species, in some places in Central Europe
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Rozwałka et al. 2017b)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Rozwałka et al. 2017b)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Abdel-Ghani et al. 2023)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Spinnerets, colulus
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
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
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Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
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