Tetragnatha pinicola L. Koch, 1870
Description
Prosoma yellow-brown. Sternum dark brown, with yellow, V-shaped median stripe. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown, distal parts of leg segments sometimes narrowly darkened. Opisthosoma elongated, dorsally shiny silver, often greenish with fine black longitudinal stripes, laterally darker, ventrally one broad, black median band flanked by silver stripes and spots.
Body length male: 4.5-5 mmBody length female: 5-6 mm
Additional information
On herbaceous plants and bushes in forest edges, not bound to habitats near water
Frequency: Widely distributed
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Tip of bulbus, retrolateral view
(Morano 2020)
Tip of conductor
(Tullgren 1947)
Tip of conductor
(Wiehle 1963a)
Tip of conductor
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Conductor
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of conductor, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of conductor, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Sternum
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Azheganova 1968)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1947)
Chelicerae, prolateral view
(Tullgren 1947)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Habitus, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Azheganova 1968)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Tullgren 1947)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1963a)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morano 2020)
Vulva
(Roberts 1998)
Vulva, ventral view
(Tullgren 1947)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1947)
Vulva, ventral view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Azheganova 1968)
Chelicera
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Fang
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Femur I, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Femur I, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, lateral and dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Sternum
(Roberts 1998)
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(Morano 2020)
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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Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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