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Micrommata ligurina

Species of spider

Summary

Species of spider

  • Micrommata ligurinum
  • Sparassus ligurinus
  • Sparassus pilosus

Micrommata ligurina is a species of huntsman spider. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1845.

Description

In the females of Micrommata ligurina the body length can reach 9 -, while in the males it is about 6 -. 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.

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.

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

Micrommata ligurina occurs from the Mediterranean Basin to Central Asia.

Habitat

These huntsman spiders live on herbaceous vegetation.

Bibliography

  • 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

References

  1. Platnick, Norman I.. (10 December 2011). "Fam. Sparassidae". [[American Museum of Natural History]].
  2. [https://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/details/species/id/5615316 Catalogue of life]
  3. [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id233498/ Biolib]
  4. The range of this species includes [[Bulgaria]], [[Croatia]], [[France]], [[Great Britain]], [[Greece]], [[Italy]], [[Republic of Macedonia
  5. Jørgen Lissner [http://www.jorgenlissner.dk/Sparassidae.aspx The Spiders of Europe and Greenland]
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