Oecobius amboseli Shear & Benoit, 1974
Description
Colouration variable. Prosoma yellowish brown, marginal and median parts more or less darkened. Clypeus darkened. Sternum light grey. Legs yellow to grey, annulated. Opisthosoma grey, dorsum with numerous white spots, median part usually darkened.
Body length male: 1.8-2.2 mmBody length female: 2.2-2.8 mm
Additional information
Only in buildings.
This species of African origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Toft & Wunderlich 2012)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Toft & Wunderlich 2012)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(El-Hennawy 2004c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(El-Hennawy 2004c)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Toft & Wunderlich 2012)
Epigyne, ventral view
(IJland 2013)
Epigyne
(Shear & Benoit 1974)
Epigyne, ventro-apical view
(El-Hennawy 2004c)
Epigyne, ventral view
(El-Hennawy 2004c)
Vulva, dorsal view
(El-Hennawy 2004c)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Shear & Benoit 1974)
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
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 
El-Hennawy H K (2004c) Oecobius amboseli Shear & Benoit, 1974, a new record from Egypt (Araneida: Oecobiidae). Serket 9: 68-71
Henrard A, Van Keer J, Jocqué R (2014) On the spider species Oecobius amboseli Shear & Benoit, 1974 (Araneae; Oecobiidae) newly found in Belgium and Rwanda. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 29: 1-8
IJland S (2013) Oecobius amboseli Shear & Benoit, 1974 (Araneae, Oecobiidae) found in the Netherlands and Ethiopia. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 33: 39-40
Shear W A, Benoit P L G (1974) New species and new records in the genus Oecobius Lucas from Africa and nearby islands (Araneae: Oecobiidae: Oecobiinae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 88: 706-720
Toft S, Wunderlich J (2012) Oecobius amboseli Shear & Benoit 1974 (Araneae: Oecobiidae), a recently to Denmark and Europe introduced species. Beiträge zur Araneologie 7: 247-250
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