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Tibia I prolaterally with 4-6 spines in one row; legs conspicuously long; body ± black; 6-11 mm long; mostly in high mountains, rarely in the low mountain range Acantholycosa
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 Tibia I
(Bellmann 1997) |
 Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991) |
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Tibia I distally with 3 or less spines, if 4 or more spines present, then body bright (compare also Pardosa nigra; colouration ± black; tibia I with 3-4 spines) 2 |
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Prosoma with bright median stripe, distinctly marked off from dark sides; if indistinct then prosoma with V-shaped pattern 5 |
 Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991) |
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Prosoma without bright median stripe, at most with a brighter median part 3 |
 Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971) |
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Prosoma anteriorly narrow, hardly wider than the eye region; dorsally dark; legs bright; femur I dark; pedipalp black with white patella; body length 4 mm Aulonia
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 Habitus
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Different 4 |
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Prosoma anteriorly clearly wider than the eye region; legs mostly strongly haired and spotted or annulated; pattern as fig.; body length more than 7 mm Arctosa
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 Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991) |
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Prosoma dark brown; opisthosoma grey, partly brown-black; body length 15-18 mm; eyes as fig.; above 2300 m; endemic to the French Alps Vesubia
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 Eyes, frontal view
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Bright median stripe on the prosoma with dark pattern, sometimes indistinct 6 |
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Bright median stripe on the prosoma without dark pattern, at most fovea visible 7 |
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Bright median stripe on the prosoma with V-shaped or Y-shapes pattern (sometimes indistinct) (fig. 1666). Body length 2.5 – 9 mm Pirata
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 Prosoma, dorsal view
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Bright median stripe on the prosoma anteriorly with 2 dark longitudinal stripes; body length 7-18 mm Trochosa
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 Prosoma, dorsal view
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Prosoma with a bright median stripe and two bright lateral bands, the latter are wider than the dark lateral stripes; bright sternum, laterally with 3 dark spots on each side; opisthosoma without stripes; body length about 5 mm Hygrolycosa
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 Sternum
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971) |
 Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971) |
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Different 8 |
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Prosoma laterally (in frontal view) ± descending vertically; eyes ± distributed over whole prosoma width; slender species, hind legs longer than front legs Pardosa
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 Prosoma, dorsal view
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Prosoma laterally (in frontal view) not strongly vertically; eye region less wide than prosoma width 9 |
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Opisthosoma without cardiac mark; tarsus I with short trichobothria; body length 5-7 mm; eye position as fig. Xerolycosa
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 Eyes, dorsal view
(Bellmann 1997) |
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Different 10 |
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Opisthosoma mostly with cardiac mark; tarsus I with very long trichobothria; body length mostly > 7 mm; the largest Central European lycosids belong to this genus Alopecosa
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 Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991) |
Habitus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991) |
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Different 11 |
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Pattern as fig.; male pedipalp apically with 5 long, strong spines; epigyne with uniformly slender septum Hogna
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  Pedipalp (Miller 1971) |
  Epigyne (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971) |
 Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971) |
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Pattern as fig.; male pedipalp apically with 3-5 short spines; epigyne different Lycosa
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 Pedipalp, ventral view (Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971) |
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971) |
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