Agroeca brunnea

Agroeca brunnea is a species of spider in the family Liocranidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm and was first described by John Blackwall in 1833.[1]

Agroeca brunnea
A. brunnea, adult male
A. brunnea, adult female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Liocranidae
Genus: Agroeca
Species:
A. brunnea
Binomial name
Agroeca brunnea
Blackwall, 1833
Synonyms
  • Agelena brunnea
  • Philoica linotina
  • Agroeca haglundi

The distinctive egg sacs are known colloquially as 'fairy lamps'[2] and the spider itself is sometimes called the 'fairy lamp spider'.[3]

  • Male pedipalp
  • Adult male
  • Egg sac

References
  1. Platnick, Norman I. (10 December 2011). "Fam. Liocranidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  2. Wolff, Jonas O.; Gorb, Stanislav N. (2012-09-01). "Comparative morphology of pretarsal scopulae in eleven spider families". Arthropod Structure & Development. 41 (5): 419–433. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2012.04.004. ISSN 1467-8039.
  3. "Agroeca brunnea (Blackwall, 1833) | ArachnoPhoto". www.arachnophoto.com. Retrieved 2020-09-25.


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