Arachnologische Mitteilungen
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Neue Funde von Atypus muralis (Araneae: Atypidae) in Sachsen-Anhalt
New records of Atypus muralis (Araneae: Atypidae) in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany)
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The paper presents new records of the spider Atypus muralis Bertkau, 1890 in the valleys of the rivers Saale and Unstrut in the south of Saxony-Anhalt in Middle Germany. All specimens were males, caught by pitfall traps in xerothermic steppic grasslands on steep slopes. The geographic distribution of Atypus muralis in the eastern parts of Germany and habitat traits are discussed with special reference to regional climate, vegetation type and soil conditions. The phenology of aboveground activity of Atypus muralis males is shown.
faunistics; habitat preference; phenology