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Spermophora senoculata Duges 1836

Description

Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836)

Spermophora senoculata: Huber, 2002: 105, f. 1‒13 (♂♀)

For a complete synonym listing and references, see the World Spider Catalog (2015). Material. ISRAEL: Haifa, university campus, 32°45’N 35°01’E, 450 m, 11.ix.2011 (YM) – 1♀ 4 juv. (ZMMU); Tel Aviv, Ramat-Aviv, botanical gardens 32°06’N 34°48’E, 40 m, 26.xii.2010 (YM) ‒ 1♂ 4 juv. (ZMMU).

Comments. This is a well-known species (46 taxonomic entries in Platnick’s catalogue (Platnick 2014)) with a Holarctic distribution. It was not previously reported from Israel.

Notes

Published as part of Zonstein, Sergei, Marusik, Yuri & Omelko, Mikhail, 2015, A survey of spider taxa new to Israel (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 372-385 in Zoology in the Middle East 61 (4) on page 379, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2015.1095525, http://zenodo.org/record/807961

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMMU
Event date
2010-12-26 , 2011-09-11
Verbatim event date
2010-12-26 , 2011-09-11
Scientific name authorship
Duges
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Pholcidae
Genus
Spermophora
Species
senoculata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Spermophora senoculata Duges, 1836 sec. Zonstein, Marusik & Omelko, 2015

References

  • Huber, B. A. (2002): Functional morphology of the genitalia in the spider Spermophora senoculata (Pholcidae, Araneae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 241, 105 - 116.
  • World Spider Catalog (2015) World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http: // wsc. nmbe. ch, version 15.5 [accessed on 20.01.2015].
  • Platnick, N. (2014): The World Spider Catalog, Version 15. http: // research. amnh. org / iz / spiders / catalog / INTRO 1. html [accessed on 11 January 2015].