Name
Nemesia
trapdoor spider
Framing
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Theraphosomorpha
Genus: Nemesia
Habitat
Terrestrial, epigeal
Feeding
Carnivore (epigean arthropods)
Distribution
The genus is distributed throughout much of Europe, Africa, Cuba and China, although most of the species are concentrated in the Western Mediterranean.
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Additional information
Spider with orthognathous chelicerae. Two pairs of short rows. They live inside burrows dug in the ground, whose entrance is covered by a lid that the spider builds with silk and soil particles.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Buchli, H. (1970). Notes sur le cicle de reproduction, la ponte et le developpement postembrionnaire de N. caementaria. Revue d’Ecologie et Biologie du Sol, 7, 95-143.Decae, A. & Cardoso, P. (2005). Iberesia, a new genus of trapdoor spiders (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from Portugal & Spain. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 12, 3-11. Accesible en: http://sea-entomologia.org/Publicaciones/RevistaIbericaAracnologia/RIA12/003_012Iberesia.pdf
- Jones, D. (2004). Guía de campo de los arácnidos de España y de Europa. Omega, Barcelona.