araneae - Pardosa pyrenaica

Description

Male

Prosoma dark brown, with black striae, median band and lateral stripes yellowish brown. Ocular area black. Clypeus yellowish brown. Chelicerae brownish with darker longitudinal stripes. Sternum dark brown with lighter median spot in anterior part. Legs yellowish brown, femora proximally darker. Legs I and II: Ventral part of Tibia (distalmost part only), metatarsus and tarsus densely covered with scopulate hairs. Opisthosoma: dorsum dark brown, with brown lanceolate stripe and indistinct pattern of symmetric spots/bars (description after Kronestedt, 2007).

Body length male: 4.7 mm

Female

Colouration of prosoma and opisthosoma as in males. Legs yellowish brown, femur with slightly darker pseudoannulations. Scopulate less developed than in males (description after Kronestedt, 2007).

Body length female: 5.5 mm

Additional information

Habitat: open grasslands at higher altitudes in the Pyrenees.

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2024): France, Andorra, Spain

Phenology



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Figures

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kronestedt 2007)

Embolus
(Kronestedt 2007)

Epigyne, ventral view
(Kronestedt 2007)

Vulva, ventral view
(Kronestedt 2007)

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

Kronestedt T (2007) A new species of wolf spider from the Pyrenees, with remarks on other species in the Pardosa pullata-group (Araneae, Lycosidae). Zootaxa 1650: 25-40

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

Pardosa pyrenaica Kronestedt, 2007