- Alopecosa accentuata
Taxobox
name = "Alopecosa accentuata"
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
familia = Lycosidae
genus = "Alopecosa "
species = "A. accentuata"
binomial = "Alopecosa accentuata"
binomial_authority = Latreille, 1817"Alopecosa accentuata" is a species of
wolf spider found commonly in open habitats throughout continentalEurope . The female has a body length (excluding legs) of up to 12 mm, the male is rather smaller at up to 9 mm.The female has a dark brown
carapace with an irregular pale central stripe and white marks at the sides of the eyes. Theabdomen 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.
References
*Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Dick Jones (1983, reprinted 1989) ISBN 0-600-56710-9
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