Agroeca brunnea explained

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]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fam. Liocranidae. Norman I.. Platnick. Norman I. Platnick. 10 December 2011. The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. American Museum of Natural History. New York, NY, USA. 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. en. 41. 5. 419–433. 10.1016/j.asd.2012.04.004. 1467-8039.
  3. Web site: Agroeca brunnea (Blackwall, 1833) ArachnoPhoto. 2020-09-25. www.arachnophoto.com.

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