Aphantaulax trifasciata (original) (raw)

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Species of spider

Aphantaulax trifasciata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Aphantaulax
Species: A. trifasciata
Binomial name
Aphantaulax trifasciata(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Synonyms
Aphantaulax seminigra (Simon, 1878) Micaria trifasciata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

Aphantaulax trifasciata is a species of ground spider in the genus Aphantaulax, family Gnaphosidae.[1][2]

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Aphantaulax trifasciata can reach a length of 6–10 millimetres (0.24–0.39 in) in females, of 4–7 millimetres (0.16–0.28 in) in males.[4][5] 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.[5][6]

This species is present in the Palearctic realm.[7] It is absent from Central Europe, Britain and Scandinavia.[8]

These spiders can be found under rocks and leaves, mainly on sea coasts or riverbanks.[5] They usually hunt at night.

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  4. ^ Pavouci
  5. ^ a b c Araneae.unibe
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Fauna europaea
  8. ^ Rok KOSTANJŠEK A contribution to the Slovenian spider fauna