Araniella opisthographa (Kulczyn'ski, 1905)

Isaia, Marco, Paschetta, Mauro & Chiarle, Alberto, 2015, Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation “ Alpi Marittime ” (NW Italy), Zoosystema 37 (1), pp. 57-114 : 80-81

Araniella opisthographa (Kulczyn’ski, 1905)

NEW DATA. — Entracque : Tetti Violin, Riparian bushes, 900-1100 m, 10. VI.2011, 10♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2011) ; Valdieri :pathway to lago Soprano della Sella, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1900-2300 m, 30. VI.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Natural Reserve of Rocca San Giovanni-Saben , shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea, 1000 -1500 m, 18. VI.2009, 1♂, 1♀ ; Vernante : Palanfrè , Pianard, Garbella, sparse wood, grassland, 1600 m, 30. VI.2010, 3♂, 1♀ .

LITERATURE. — Lambiase et al. (2007).

CHOROTYPE. — TUE.

MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, broadleaved woods, shrublands, riparian habitats.

Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) ( Fig. 12 )

NEW DATA. — Entracque: Gorge della Reina, shrubland with Juniperus phoenicea , 900-1200 m, 16.IX.2011, 1♀ (MRSN).

LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966).

CHOROTYPE. — PAL.

MACROHABITAT. — Shrublands.

Figures

FIG. 12. — Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) (Araneidae), Entracque, Gorge della Reina. Photograph: Mauro Paschetta (2010).