Pelecopsis bucephala (O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)

Bosmans, Robert, Cardoso, Pedro & Crespo, Luis Carlos, 2010, A review of the linyphiid spiders of Portugal, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae) 2473, Zootaxa 2473 (1), pp. 1-67 : 43-44

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2473.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10537873

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F58781-FF93-EB59-5494-F977B7EC39D2

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scientific name

Pelecopsis bucephala
status

 

Pelecopsis bucephala View in CoL (O.P.- Cambridge, 1875)

Description: Denis (1968: 147, figs 2a, 3–10), Bosmans & Abrous (1992, figs 111–118).

Previous records: Beja: Vale do Guadiana NP, Pomarão (Cardoso et al. 2009) . Portalegre: Portalegre ( Alderweireldt & Bosmans 2001).

New records: - Beja: Vale do Guadiana NP, Mértola, Algodôr, 1 male, 5.VI.2000 (CPC); Mértola, Corredoura, 3 females, 8.X.2003 (CPC); Mértola, stones around castle, 1 male, 23.V.2007 (CRB); Serpa, Pulo do Lobo , marshy area along Rio Guadiana , 23.V.2007 (CRB). Bragança: Douro Internacional NP, Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Mazouco, 1 female, 3.X.2001 (CPC). Coimbra: Paúl de Arzila NR, 1 female, 23.X.2005, 17 males 8 females, 28.V.2008 (CLC). Faro: Vila Real de Santo António , Monte Gordo, 1 female, 17.IV.1982 (CJFM). Leiria: Serras de Aire e Candeeiros NP, Serra da Pevide, 1 male, 19.V.2007 (CLC). Portalegre: Portalegre, 1 male, 9.IV.1996 (CRB). Santarém: Paúl do Boquilobo NR, Golegã, choupal, 1 male, 5.VI.2002 (CPC) .

Distribution: Western Mediterranean. Second citation from Portugal, after Alderweireldt & Bosmans (2001).

Habitat type: Occurring in a wide variety of open habitats.

Phenology: The species was collected from October to June.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Linyphiidae

Genus

Pelecopsis

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