Poecilochroa loricata Kritscher, 1996
Description
Prosoma uniformly light brown, few hairs. Thoracic groove short, longitudinal. Opisthosoma egg-shaped, dorsally grey or light grey with light brown scutum which is as long as half of the opisthosoma, ventrally yellowish. Palp with bifid tibial apophysis, the piece pointing to the bulb being twice as long as the piece which is touching the tarsus. Prosoma length: 2.8 mm, prosoma width: 1.6 mm.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kritscher 1996)
Pedipalp, dorso-retrolateral view
(Bauer 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bauer 2022)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Bauer 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bauer 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bauer 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Nicolosi et al. 2024)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Nicolosi et al. 2024)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Nicolosi et al. 2024)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Bauer 2022)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Nicolosi et al. 2024)
Epigyne
(Nicolosi et al. 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Nicolosi et al. 2024)
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
Bauer T (2022) Remarks on the type material of Poecilochroa loricata Kritscher, 1996 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 5169: 97-100 
Dentici A, Amata F C (2024) New data on the arachnofauna (Arachnidae Araneae Opiliones) of Enna and surrounding areas (Sicily, Italy) with some first reports for Sicily. Biodiversity Journal 15: 363-375
Kritscher E (1996) Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Spinnen-Fauna der Maltesischen Inseln (Chelicerata: Araneae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B 98: 117-156
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