Micrommata ligurina
| Micrommata ligurina | |
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| Female M. ligurina near Livorno, Tuscany, Italy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Micrommata |
| Species: | M. ligurina
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| Binomial name | |
| Micrommata ligurina C. L. Koch, 1845
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Micrommata ligurina is a species of huntsman spider.[1] It was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1845.[1][2][3]
Description[edit]
In the females of Micrommata ligurina the body length can reach 9–14 millimetres (0.35–0.55 in), while in the males it is about 6–9 millimetres (0.24–0.35 in).[4] The carapace is long and narrow and the abdomen is elongate. The cephalothorax and the long legs of the females are bright green, with a lighter green abdomen showing an almost indistinct median band.[4]
This spider is very similar to the green huntsman spider (Micrommata virescens), but the females have a black dot on the carapace. Moreover the adult males of M. ligurina have a dark brown median band on abdomen with whitish or gray sides.[4]
The eight eyes are arranged in two rows and surrounded by white hairs. Adults can be found in late winter and in early spring.
Distribution[edit]
Micrommata ligurina occurs from the Mediterranean Basin to Central Asia.[1][2] The range of this species includes Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Portugal, Romania and Spain.[4][5]
Habitat[edit]
These huntsman spiders live on herbaceous vegetation.[4]
Gallery[edit]
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Female of Micrommata ligurina -
Eyes and cephalothorax of M. ligurina
Bibliography[edit]
- Koch, C. L. (1845). Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Zwolfter Band, pp. 1–166.
- Kulczyński, W. (1911a). Fragmenta Arachnologica. XVI, XVII. Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie 1911: 12-75.
- Lecigne, S. (2013). Contribution à l'inventaire aranéologique de Corfou (Grèce) (Arachnida, Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28: 177-191.
- Levy, G. (1989). The family of huntsman spiders in Israel with annotations on species of the Middle East (Araneae: Sparassidae). Journal of Zoology, London 217: 127-176.
- Simon, E. (1870b). Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège (2) 3: 271-358.
- Simon, E. (1874b). Etudes aracnologiques. 3e mémoire. V. Révision des espèces européennes de la famille des Sparassidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 4: 243-279.
- Simon, E. (1875a). Les arachnides de France. Paris 2, 1-350.
- Simon, E. (1932). Les arachnides de France. Tome VI. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 4e partie. Paris 6, 773-978.
- Urones, C. (2004). El género Micrommata (Araneae, Sparassidae) en la Península Ibérica, con la descripción do dos nuevas especies. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 10: 41-52.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Platnick, Norman I. (10 December 2011). "Fam. Sparassidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ a b Catalogue of life
- ^ Biolib
- ^ a b c d e Jørgen Lissner The Spiders of Europe and Greenland
- ^ Fauna europaea
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