''Aphantaulax trifasciata'' is a species of ground
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
in the genus ''
Aphantaulax
''Aphantaulax'' is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1878.
Species
it contains seventeen species:
*'' Aphantaulax albini'' (Audouin, 1826) ( type) – Egypt, Ethiopia
*'' Aphantaulax australis'' Simon, 1893 ...
'', family
Gnaphosidae
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes ...
.
Subspecies
* ''Aphantaulax trifasciata trifasciata'' (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) (Palearctic)
* ''Aphantaulax trifasciata trimaculata'' Simon, 1878 (France)
Description
''Aphantaulax trifasciata'' can reach a length of in females, of in males.
[Araneae.unibe]
/ref> The body is oblong-oval shaped, narrow and pointed at the back. The body color is black, with a broad transverse band of white hairs on the fore margin of abdomen, a second interrupted transverse band in the middle of the abdomen and a longitudinal white stripe on the cephalothorax. On the extremityof the abdomen sometimes there are two white spots. Legs are yellow-brown.[Cambridge, O. P.-. (1872a]
General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871: 212-354.
Distribution
This species is present in the Palearctic realm
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
. It is absent from Central Europe, Britain and Scandinavia.[Rok KOSTANJŠE]
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Habitat
These spiders can be found under rocks and leaves, mainly on sea coasts or riverbanks.[ They usually hunt at night.
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Bibliography
* Hu, J. L. & Wu, W. G. (1989). Spiders from agricultural regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Shandong University Publishing House, Jinan, 435 pp.
* Kamura, T. (2009). Trochanteriidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae, Corinnidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The Spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 482–500, 551-557
* Levy, G. (2002). Spiders of the genera Micaria and Aphantaulax (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 48: 111-134.
* Murphy, J. (2007). Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society, St Neots, Cambs 1, i-xii, 1-92; 2:i-11, 93-605
* Roberts, M. J. (1995). Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
References
External links
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Europe
Palearctic spiders
Spiders described in 1872
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