Uloborus walckenaerius

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Uloborus walckenaerius
Uloborus walckenaerius
Uloborus walckenaerius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Uloborus
Species: U. walckenaerius
Binomial name
Uloborus walckenaerius
Latreille, 1806

Synonyms

Dysdera fasciata
Veleda lineata
Veleda pallens
Uloborus walckenaerii

Uloborus walckenaerius is a spider in the family Uloboridae. Females grow up to 6mm, males up to 4mm. It has a dark grey prosoma, covered with white hairs, leaving some dark bands uncovered. The spider lives in warm, open terrain, like heathland, and weaves horizontal cribellate webs close to the ground. A stabilimentum is sometimes present.

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Named in honor of Charles Athanase Walckenaer.

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