ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895

Isaia, Marco, Paschetta, Mauro & Chiarle, Alberto, 2015, Annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation “ Alpi Marittime ” (NW Italy), Zoosystema 37 (1), pp. 57-114 : 76-77

Family ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895

Aculepeira carbonaria (L. Koch, 1869) ( Fig. 7 )

NEW DATA. — Valdieri: Rifugio Questa – Lago delle Portette, Alpine scree, 2300 m, 11.VII.2009, 2♀.

LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966).

CHOROTYPE. — PAL.

MACROHABITAT. — Rocky lands.

Aculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802) ( Fig. 8 )

NEW DATA. — Entracque : pathway to Lago degli Alberghi, Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1800-2200 m, 26.VII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; Tetti Violin , grassland, 900-1100 m, 4.VII.2012, 5♂, 3♀ (collected within the PIT Summer School 2012) ; Valdieri : Desertetto, grassland, 1088-1885 m, 14.IX.2011, 9 juv. (MRSN) ; nearby Rifugio Livio Bianco , lake shore, among mosses, 1900 m, 27. VI.2011, 1♀ ; pathway to lago Soprano della Sella , Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1900-2300 m, 30. VI.2011, 1♀ (MRSN) ; pathway to Pian del Valasco , Alpine pasture, 1300-1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 1♂ (MRSN) ; pathway to Pian del Valasco , beech forest near stream, 1500-2000 m, 27.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; pathway to Rifugio Livio Bianco , Alpine prairies with rocky debris, 1200-1800 m, 30. VI.2011, 1♂, 1♀ (MRSN) ; Pian del Valasco , Alpine grassland with peatbogs, 1764 m, 7.VII.2011, 1♀, 4 juv. (MRSN) ; Vallone di Lorousa , beech forest near stream, 1900-2000 m, 29.VIII.2009, 1♀ ; Vernante : Palanfrè , Pianard, Garbella, sparse wood, grassland, 1600 m, 30. VI.2010, 1♂, 4♀ .

LITERATURE. — Brignoli (1966); Calloni (1889); Lambiase et al. (2007).

CHOROTYPE. — PAL.

MACROHABITAT. — Alpine grasslands, Alpine prairies, broadleaved woods, riparian habitats, wetlands.

Figures

FIG. 7. — Aculepeira carbonaria (L. Koch, 1869) (Araneidae), Valdieri, Rifugio Questa. Photograph: Mauro Paschetta (2011).

FIG. 8. — Aculepeira ceropegia (Walckenaer, 1802) (Araneidae), Entracque, Lago degli Alberghi. Photograph: Alberto Chiarle (2013).