Pardosa proxima (C. L. Koch, 1847)
Description
Male palp with tegular apophysis, longer than wide. Margins of epigynal groove parallel in anterior half. Prosoma with broken lateral bands. Prosoma length female: 2.7-3.2 mm, prosoma length male: 2.5-2.8 mm. Legs reddish yellow, darkly annulated. Opisthosoma brown with reddish pattern, mostly indistinct.
Body length male: 5 mmBody length female: 7-8 mm
Additional information
in meadows and fields, in damp areas
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Pedipalp
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Pedipalp
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Pedipalp
(den Hollander & Dijkstra 1974)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Isaia et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Isaia et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, ventro-lateral view
(Isaia et al. 2018)
Bulbus
(den Hollander & Dijkstra 1974)
Embolus
(Isaia et al. 2018)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Isaia et al. 2018)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Isaia et al. 2018)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Isaia et al. 2018)
Epigyne
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Epigyne
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(den Hollander & Dijkstra 1974)
Epigyne
(Isaia et al. 2018)
Epigyne
(Isaia et al. 2018)
Vulva
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Tongiorgi 1966a)
Habitus
(Fuhn & Niculescu-Burlacu 1971)
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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