Forest funnel spider
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The forest funnel spider ( Histopona torpida , syn .: Tegenaria torpida ) is one of the species of the genus Histopona from the family of funnel spiders (Agelenidae) that is also native to Central Europe . Before 2005 it was counted to the genus of the angle spiders .
features
The females are 5 to 7 millimeters long, the males 4.5 to 6 millimeters. The forest funnel spider is thus a small species compared to the other species in the genus Histopona and the related genus Tegenaria . The body appears slim, the front body ( prosoma ) is narrowed in the eye area. The front body of the forest funnel spider has a bright, wide band. The sides are dark brown. The back of the body ( opisthosoma ) has a finely drawn, light brown ornament, which is lined with dark spots. On the side it is delimited by a series of bright angular spots. The legs wear alternating light and dark brown rings. The sternum , the breast plate on the ventral side of the front abdomen, is dark but lighter towards the middle.
The posterior median eyes are larger than the other pairs of eyes. This distinguishes the forest funnel spider from the Tegenaria species. The male has a thin, whip-like embolus on the pedipalps , which is as long as the spider itself. This embolus is introduced into the sexual opening of the female during mating. The female epigyne consists of a large plate of chitin.
habitat
The forest funnel spider is a typical inhabitant of the deciduous and coniferous forests . It is widespread throughout Central Europe and is common in the forests everywhere. It lives close to the ground, where it weaves its small funnel net directly above the ground between tree roots or stones.
nomenclature
The forest funnel spider Histopona torpida was called Tegenaria torpida until 2005 . It can be confused with other forest species of the genus Tegenaria , for example with the forest spider .
Web links
Histopona torpida in the World Spider Catalog
- Histopona torpida at Fauna Europaea
- Spiders of Central Europe - online identification key
- Forest funnel spider pictures and information
literature
- Heiko Bellmann : Cosmos Atlas Arachnids of Europe. Extra: freshwater crabs, woodlice and millipedes . 3rd edition, Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, p. 134, ISBN 3-440-10746-9
- Rainer F. Foelix: Biology of the spiders. Thieme, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-13-575801-X
- Ambros Hänggi, Edi Stöckli, Wolfgang Nentwig: Habitat of Central European Spiders . Miscellanea Faunistica Helvetiae 1995, Center suisse de cartographie de la faune, Neuchatel (CH).
- Frieder Sauer , Jörg Wunderlich: The most beautiful spiders in Europe . Fauna Verlag, Karlsfeld 1985.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elchin M Guseinov, Yuri M. Marusik & Seppo Koponen: Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Azerbaijan 5. Faunistic review of the funnel-web spiders (Agelenidae) with the description of new genus and species. Arthropoda selecta, 14, 2, 153–177, 2005 ( PDF )
- ↑ Heiko Bellmann : Kosmos-Atlas arachnids of Europe. Extra: freshwater crabs, woodlice and millipedes . 3rd edition, Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, p. 134, ISBN 3-440-10746-9
- ↑ Ambros Hänggi, Edi Stöckli, Wolfgang Nentwig: Habitats of Central European Spiders . Miscellanea Faunistica Helvetiae, Center suisse de cartographie de la faune, Neuchatel (CH) 1995
- ↑ Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern: World Spider Catalog Version 15.5 - Histopona torpida . Retrieved September 5, 2014.