Biology:Alopecosa accentuata

From HandWiki
Revision as of 13:46, 19 February 2022 by imported>MedAI (add)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Species of spider

Alopecosa accentuata
Alopecosa barbipes.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Lycosidae
Genus: Alopecosa
Species:
A. accentuata
Binomial name
Alopecosa accentuata
(Latreille, 1817)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Lycosa accentuata Latreille, 1817
  • Walckenaer, 1817 Sundevall, 1833
  • (Sundevall, 1833) Alopecosa barbipes
  • Tarentula accentuata (Sundevall, 1833)
  • Lycosa cruciata (Latreille, 1817)
  • (Latreille, 1817) Tarentula inquilina
  • Lycosa andrenivora Sundevall, 1833
  • Ohlert, 1867 Tarentula andrenivora
  • Lycosa barbipes (Walckenaer, 1817)
  • Alopecosa accentuata Tarentula barbipes

Alopecosa accentuata is a species of wolf spider found commonly in open habitats throughout continental Europe with a reported palearctic distribution. The female has a body length (excluding legs) of up to 12 mm, the male is rather smaller at up to 9 mm. The name was at one time treated as a nomen dubium, but is now considered the correct name of Alopecosa barbipes.[1]

Description

The female has a dark brown carapace with an irregular pale central stripe and white marks at the sides of the eyes. The abdomen also has a pale central band, interrupted by dark chevrons. The femora are conspicuously banded white but the rest of the leg is usually dark. The male is generally similar in appearance except that the legs are usually all dark and it sometimes has a covering of fine white hairs over the entire body.

The female matures in the autumn and overwinters as an adult, the male not becoming mature until the spring, when mating takes place.

References

  • Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Dick Jones (1983, reprinted 1989) ISBN:0-600-56710-9

Wikidata ☰ Q523284 entry