Salticus mutabilis Lucas, 1846
Description
Male
Prosoma dorsally brown, head plate and sides dark brown, with black around the eyes. Opisthosoma dorsally dark brown with white scales and lateral light, diagonal bands. Palp: light orange-brown with dark veil, apophysis with distinct dark margin and pointed tip.
Body length male: 3.6-3.95 mmFemale
Prosoma dorsally brown, head plate and sloping sides black. Opisthosoma dorsally with white-brown scales, with white equatorial band and light grey median band of which grey bands lead to the sides. Epigyne with laterally strongly sclerotized margins of grooves and laterally positioned sperm ducts.
Body length female: 4.45-5.4 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Hansen 1994)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Henrard 2023)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Henrard 2023)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Henrard 2023)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Henrard 2023)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Henrard 2023)
Cymbium, dorsal view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Henrard 2023)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Crespo et al. 2009a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, ventral view
(Hansen 1994)
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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