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 big spider from Portugal
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 12-04-2007 11:51
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7232 Joined: 19.11.04 |
My beekeeper friend in Portugal found this spider near one of his hives. I suspect it is Eusparassus, but I haven't got any literature to help. Does anyone recognise it? It appears to be a subadult male, body length 20mm
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 12-04-2007 11:58
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3308 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Looks very much like Eusparassus dufouri @ http://www.flickr...333140630/. P.S. Platnick cites also E. levantinus, Micrommata ligurina, and Olios argelasius for that region. Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 12-04-2007 12:08 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 12-04-2007 15:12
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
wow! Where was found this spider?? It is Eusparassus dufouri - Sparassidae spider. E. levantinus??? I don?t think so. Take a look in this updated website about spiders in Portugal: --- www.aranhas.info GO to the ESP?CIES (SPECIES) section and then click in SPARASSIDAE, see below the 4 species known for Portugal. Perhaps Micrommata virescens was misidentified for M. ligurina. We never found by sure M. virescens. See the distribution map for Eusparassus dufouri. 3 locations known... but I want to know where the spider was found! And when... Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 12-04-2007 15:15 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 12-04-2007 18:07
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7232 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Thanks Dima and Jorge. This one seems to be alot further north than the previous records. It was found at Santo Antonio, das Areias, Alentejo, Portalegre. 7.20W, 39.37N. I think it was found about 10 days ago. It is still alive and sitting in my kitchen now! I'm hoping it will feed and change into an adult soon. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 21-07-2007 17:05
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7232 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Hi Jorge This spider has just changed into an adult. Also my friend has brought me a female and two more males - all appear to be dufouri. He has also brought a female Hogma radiata - all are from the same locality, and all collected in the last week. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 21-07-2007 19:22
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
<i>Hogna radiata</i> not Hogma  But, we must take care... because there is another spider that it is very similar to this... it is <i>Lycosa subhisurta</i>. A friend of mine is reviewing these 2 species. I saw all sparassids spiders know for Portugal (male and female) but it lack to see precisely E. dufouri! |
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