Talavera petrensis (C. L. Koch, 1837)
Description
Palp male: with white haired basal part. Distal margin of palpal covered by row of white bristles. Embolus coiled. Epigyne with long, spiral, strongly sclerotised margin. Prosoma grey-brown, covered with white scales. Male: eyes fringed with orange hairs. Sternum yellow. Legs female: femur brown, remaining segments yellow with brown rings. Male: coxa light grey-yellow, femur brown and tarsi grey-yellow. Opisthosoma grey-brown, with chevrons. Spinnerets brown.
Body length male: 2.7-2.77 mmBody length female: 2.7-3.54 mm
Additional information
In heathland, grass steppes and dry forest areas, in the mountains under stones
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Brændegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pesarini unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Żabka 1997)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Żabka 1997)
Pedipalp
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021b)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus
(Żabka 1997)
Habitus, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Żabka 1997)
Epigyne
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021b)
Vulva
(Żabka 1997)
Vulva
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021b)
Habitus
(Żabka 1997)
Habitus, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
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