Agroeca brunnea (Blackwall, 1833)
Description
Embolus broad, with keel on its base. Epigyne with ± parallel cuticular ridge in posterior area. Body colour: light red-brown, with shiny golden hairs, sternum, opisthosoma and legs distally darker. distance between posterior median eyes = distance between posterior lateral eyes and posterior median eyes. Opisthosoma with dark chevrons.
Body length male: 5.1-7 mmBody length female: 6-9.4 mm
Additional information
In forests, humid areas (bogs, deciduous forests), heathland, dry meadows and on debris areas, in moss, leaf litter and on bark. Lantern-like cocoon with thin stalk attached to plants ("fee-lamp"), camouflaged with clumps, a moulting chamber for the offspring in it next to egg chamber (with 40-60 eggs)
Frequency: Widely distributed
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Sterghiu 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Braendegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jocqué 1977)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Sterghiu 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Reimoser 1937)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Tibial apophysis
(Jocqué 1977)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Braendegaard 1966)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Tullgren 1946)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Reimoser 1937)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva, ventral view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Metatarsus I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus
(Sterghiu 1985)
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2017) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: October 2017. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 12.10.2017)
Braendegaard J (1966) Edderkopper: Eller Spindlere I Danmarks Fauna 72: 1-224
Gündüz G, Allahverdi H (2018) Two new records of the genus Agroeca Westring, 1861 (Araneae: Liocranidae) from Turkey Munis Entomology and Zoology 13: 181-184
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
Jocqué R (1977) On the occurrence of Agroeca dentigera Kulczynski in Belgium (Araneae, Clubionidae). Bull Br Arachnol Soc 4: 80-82
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1951) British Spiders 1. Ray Soc London
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders 3. Ray Soc London
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Pantini P, Isaia M (2017) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version May 2017). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94
Reimoser E (1937) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, VIII. 16: Familie Gnaphosidae oder Plattbauchspinnen; 17: Familie Anyphaenidae oder Zartspinnen; 18: Familie Clubionidae oder Röhrenspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands 33
Roberts M J (1995) Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins Field Guide Bath
Sterghiu C (1985) Fam. Clubionidae. In Fauna Republicii Socialiste România: Arachnida Academia Republicii Socialiste Bucharest
Tullgren A (1946) Svensk spindelfauna. 3. Egentiliga spinddlar. Araneae Fam 5-7. Clubionidae, Zoridae och Gnaphosidae. pl. I - XXI Stockholm (Entomol Fören): 1-141
World Spider Catalog (2018) World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, version 19.0, accessed on 14.01.2018. doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 09-01-2018 | Distribution update | Old value |
| 04-11-2015 | Image insert |