Alopecosa accentuata

Alopecosa accentuata is a species of wolf spider found commonly in open habitats throughout continental Europe with a reported palearctic distribution. The female has a body length (excluding legs) of up to 12 mm, the male is rather smaller at up to 9 mm. Some sources have the binomial as nomem dubium, with some shared characteristics with A. barbipes and A. farinosa.[1]

Alopecosa accentuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Araneae
Family:
Lycosidae
Genus:
Alopecosa
Species:
A. accentuata
Binomial name
Alopecosa accentuata
Latreille, 1817

Description

The female has a dark brown carapace with an irregular pale central stripe and white marks at the sides of the eyes. The abdomen also has a pale central band, interrupted by dark chevrons. The femora are conspicuously banded white but the rest of the leg is usually dark. The male is generally similar in appearance except that the legs are usually all dark and it sometimes has a covering of fine white hairs over the entire body.

The female matures in the autumn and overwinters as an adult, the male not becoming mature until the spring, when mating takes place.

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References
  1. "Alopecosa accentuata". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  • Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Dick Jones (1983, reprinted 1989) ISBN 0-600-56710-9


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