Metopobactrus prominulus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
Description
Tibial apophysis with row of bristles. Prosoma brown, eye region, median spot and margin darker. Female: eye field uniformly convex in profile view. Male: head region only conically elevated. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma light grey.
Body length male: 1.5-1.7 mmBody length female: 1.6-2 mm
Additional information
preferably in open localities, prefers possibly warm conditions, females can only be reliably identified considering males caught in the same place
Frequency: Rarely found
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1976a)
Pedipalp
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Crespo et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Crespo et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Breitling 2020)
Palpal tibia, prolateral view
(Crespo et al. 2018)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Crespo et al. 2018)
Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Thaler 1976a)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1976a)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Thaler 1976a)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1976a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1976a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1976a)
Prosoma, aberrant form, lateral view
(Crespo et al. 2018)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Breitling 2020)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne/vulva
(Thaler 1976a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Crespo et al. 2018)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1976a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1976a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal 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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Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
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Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362
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Cawley M (2001) Distribution records for uncommon spiders (Araneae) including five species new to Ireland. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 25: 135-143
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Crespo L C, Domènech M, Enguídanos A, Malumbres-Olarte J, Cardoso P, Moya-Laraño J, Frías-López C, Macías-Hernández N, De Mas E, Mazzuca P, Mora E, Opatova V, Planas E, Ribera C, Roca-Cusachs M, Ruiz D, Sousa P, Tonzo V, Arnedo M A (2018) A DNA barcode-assisted annotated checklist of the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) communities associated to white oak woodlands in Spanish National Parks. Biodiversity Data Journal 6(e29443): 1-459
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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.)
Morka G H (unpubl.)
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
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Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
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