Dictyna arundinacea

Dictyna arundinacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Dictyna
Species: D. arundinacea
Binomial name
Dictyna arundinacea
Linnaeus, 1758

Dictyna arundinacea is a species of spider belonging to the family Dictynidae.[1][2] It has a holarctic distribution; It is found throughout Britain and northern Europe.[1][2]

The body length excluding legs is about 2 to 3.5 mm, the females being slightly larger than the males.[1][2] The carapace is dark brown.[2] The head is covered with five rows of white hairs.[2] The abdomen has a pattern of white hairs with a gap in the cardiac region and at the rear.[2][3] The legs are brownish yellow.[2]

D. arundinacea builds webs in the dried heads of plants and on gorse and heather.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roberts, Michael J. (1996) Collins Field Guide - Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe, Collins, ISBN 978-0-00-219981-0, p. 83
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Jones, Dick (1989) A Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (revised edition), Hamlyn, ISBN 0-600-56710-9, p. 54
  3. ↑ Savory, Theodore (1945) The Spiders & Allied Orders of the British Isles, Warne, p. 82

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