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 Araniella sp
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 07-12-2007 21:41
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 Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
As I have no photo of the epigyne, I suppose it is impossible to find the species.......or perhaps is it possible to suppress some species that have never 2 paired of black spots? Do you have an idea of the number of paired black spots that could be seen on: - Araniella inconspicua - Araniella alpica - Araniella cucurbitina - Araniella opisthographa - Araniella proxima Thanks Christine Devillers attached the following image:  [44.44Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 07-12-2007 21:43
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I only know Araniella cucurbitina. It is the only species from this genus for Portugal. |
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 07-12-2007 21:44
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Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 08-12-2007 00:17
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
All the northern european species of Araniella have paired black spots, and usually the red spot above the spinnerets. The only visibly different species is A. displicata which has a red mark on the abdomen. This could be any of the five - you need to look at the genitalia for definite id. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 08-12-2007 19:19
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13910 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Jorge! jorgemotalmeida wrote: I only know Araniella cucurbitina. It is the only species from this genus for Portugal. Hard to believe. We have 6 species in Germany alone (which look very similar, except A. displicata). I strongly suspect that the "Arananiella cucurbitina" in Portugal consists of more than one species. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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