Alopecosa mutabilis (Kulczyński, 1908)
Description
Male
Prosoma: lateral areas dark reddish brown to nearly black, submarginal bands absent. Prosoma length: 3.68 mm. Sternum dark reddish brown. Chelicerae reddish brown. Legs reddish brown to nearly black. Opisthosoma anteriorly with dark areas at sides, cardiac mark black, posterior area with 4 pairs of black spots, venter reddish brown, with purplish tone.
Body length male: 7.3 mmFemale
Colouration mostly as in males. Prosoma: submarginal bands sometimes present. Legs sometimes with dark rings. Opisthosoma with paired dark marks sometimes joining to form long bands. Prosoma length: 3.45-3.89 mm.
Body length female: 7.0-9.8 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dondale & Redner 1990)
Pedipalp, prolateral-ventral view
(Dondale & Redner 1990)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Dondale & Redner 1990)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Dondale & Redner 1990)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Dondale & Redner 1990)
Vulva, variation, dorsal view
(Dondale & Redner 1990)
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
Dondale C D, Redner J H (1990) The wolf spiders, nurseryweb spiders, and lynx spiders of Canada and Alaska. The Insects and arachnids of Canada, part 17. Ottawa, Canada, 383 pp. 
Marusik Y M, Koponen S, Makarova O L (2016a) A survey of spiders (Araneae) collected on the arctic island of Dolgiy (69°12′N), Barents Sea. Arachnology 17: 10-24
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
Updates
| 18-05-2016 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 18-05-2016 | Image insert |