Ummidia picea Thorell, 1875
Description
Male
Prosoma without hairs, finely striated and granulated, with 2 brown lines running from anterior lateral eyes to clypeus edge, cephalic part slightly elevated. Prosoma length: 5.6 mm. Chelicerae: dorsal part black, ventral part brown, cheliceral furrow with 5 prolateral and 5 retrolateral teeth. Sternum greyish brown, lateral parts lighter. Legs: dorsal side with black streaks, ventral side greyish, tarsi and metatarsi I-II light, with scopula. Opisthosoma: dorsum purplish brown, with irregular creamy blotches, venter yellowish brown.
Body length male: 13.3 mmFemale
Prosoma brown, smooth, shiny. Prosoma length: 9.5 mm. Chelicerae: dorsal part dark brown to black, ventral part light orange-brown, cheliceral furrow with 2 irregular rows of 7 or eight teeth. Sternum light brown, margins darker. Legs: dorsal sides dark brown, ventral sides lighter, ventral sides of femora III-IV light yellowish brown. Opisthosoma evenly covered with fine setae, dorsum purplish grey mottled with lighter blotches, venter unicoloured, lighter.
Body length female: 26.0 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Decae 2010)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Decae 2010)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Decae 2010)
Vulva
(Decae 2010)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Decae 2010)
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 (2010) The genus Ummidia Thorell 1875 in the western Mediterranean, a review (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae). Journal of Arachnology 38: 328-340
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