Walckenaeria cucullata (C. L. Koch, 1836)

Barrientos, Jose A., Prieto, Carlos E., Pina, Silvia, Henriques, Sergio S, Sousa, Pedro, Schindler, Stefan, Reino, Luis, Beja, Pedro & Santana, Joana, 2023, Arachnid Fauna (Araneae and Opiliones) from the Castro Verde Special Protection Area, southern Portugal, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 110415-110415 : 110415

Walckenaeria cucullata (C. L. Koch, 1836)

Distribution

This species has been recorded throughout Europe. In the Iberian Peninsula, it has only been mentioned from some localities in the northern fringe (Cantabrian and western Pyrenees) ( de Biurrun et al. 2019). The data we now offer from Castro Verde are the first record of this species in Portugal. The morphological features of the captured male are unequivocal, suggesting that (although it may be considered a rare species in the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula) there must be scattered populations in intermediate localities, which link with the position of the current citation.

Notes

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