Frontinellina frutetorum (C.L.Koch, 1835) is a animal in the Linyphiidae family, order Araneae, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Frontinellina frutetorum (C.L.Koch, 1835)

Frontinellina frutetorum (C.L.Koch, 1835)

Frontinellina frutetorum is a spider species with a broad Palearctic distribution and distinct color and size characteristics.

Family
Genus
Frontinellina
Order
Araneae
Class
Arachnida

About Frontinellina frutetorum (C.L.Koch, 1835)

Frontinellina frutetorum (C.L.Koch, 1835) has a reddish-brown prosoma, which is the front body section, and a black, oval opisthosoma, which is the rear body section, marked with white or yellow stripes. Its legs are reddish-yellow with dark bands at the leg joints. The female abdomen is notably swollen and appears square-shaped when viewed from the side. Males of this species measure 5–6 mm in total body length, while females are slightly larger, measuring 5.5–6 mm in length. This species has an extensive distribution across the Palearctic realm. Confirmed recorded locations include Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Greece (including Crete), France (including Corsica), Hungary, Israel, Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Central, Eastern, and Southern Russia), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (including the Balearic Islands), Switzerland, Tunisia, the entirety of Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Linyphiidae Frontinellina

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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