Atypus (lat.) Is a genus of migalomorphic spiders from the family Atypidae . Includes 32 species [1] . Distributed in Eurasia, Africa and one species of North America ( A. snetsingeri ).
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Description
Body color is dark (brown or black). The cephalothorax is short and very wide. Abdomen in soft hairs, oval and high, with six spider warts . The legs are terminated with 3 claws. The main claws of the legs are equipped with several unequal teeth, an additional claw without teeth.
Lifestyle
They live in large colonies (80-100 individuals), usually on sandy soils. They live in burrows up to 80-90 cm deep, lined with cobwebs from the inside. Above the ground, the arachnoid lining of the hole continues in the form of a cylindrical tube up to 20-40 cm long, which is located on the soil surface. The elevated pipe is masked by soil particles, moss, grass and, as a rule, is invisible. When insects and other small animals run through the tube, the spider quickly grabs them with cheliceurs , tearing the wall of the tube, and carries it into the hole. A damaged tube wall will soon be repaired.
Females reach maturity in the fourth year. During the breeding season, the male, penetrating the female’s tube, breaks it and makes a copulation . Oviposition occurs 8–9 months after mating. They live very long, an average of 7-8 years. In adulthood, spiders molt 1-2 times a year.
Views
- Atypus affinis Eichwald , 1830 - from the UK to Ukraine, North Africa
- Atypus baotianmanensis Hu, 1994 - China
- Atypus coreanus Kim, 1985 - Korea
- Atypus dorsualis Thorell , 1897 - Myanmar, Thailand
- Atypus flexus Zhu et al., 2006 - China
- Atypus formosensis Kayashima, 1943 - Taiwan
- Atypus heterothecus Zhang, 1985 - China
- Atypus javanus Thorell, 1890 - Java
- Atypus karschi Dönitz, 1887 - China, Taiwan, Japan
- Atypus lannaianus Schwendinger, 1989 - Thailand
- Atypus largosaccatus Zhu et al., 2006 - China
- Atypus ledongensis Zhu et al., 2006 - China
- Atypus magnus Namkung, 1986 - Russia, Korea
- Atypus medius Oliger, 1999 - Russia
- Atypus minutus Lee, Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2015 - Korea
- Atypus muralis Bertkau , 1890 - from Central Europe to Turkmenistan
- Atypus pedicellatus Zhu et al., 2006 - China
- Atypus piceus ( Sulzer , 1776) - Europe to Moldova, Iran
- Atypus quelpartensis Namkung, 2002 - Korea
- Atypus sacculatus Zhu et al., 2006 - China
- Atypus seogwipoensis Kim, Ye & Noh, 2015 - Korea
- Atypus sinensis Schenkel, 1953 - China
- Atypus snetsingeri Sarno, 1973 - USA
- Atypus sternosulcus Kim et al., 2006 - Korea
- Atypus suiningensis Zhang, 1985 - China
- Atypus suthepicus Schwendinger, 1989 - Thailand
- Atypus sutherlandi Chennappaiya, 1935 - India
- Atypus suwonensis Kim et al., 2006 - Korea
- Atypus tibetensis Zhu et al., 2006 - China
- Atypus wataribabaorum Tanikawa, 2006 - Japan
- Atypus wii Siliwal, Kumar & Raven, 2014 - India
- Atypus yajuni Zhu et al., 2006 - China
Notes
Literature
Tyshenko V.P. Key to spiders of the European part of the USSR. - L .: Nauka, 1971. - 282 p.