Leptorchestes mutilloides (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Male
Prosoma dunkelbraun, ocular area black. Prosoma length: 1.9-2.4 mm. Chelicerae long, brown-orange, promargin with 2 teeth, retromargin only with a row og long setae. Sternum brown. Leg I: brown, patella and tibia prolaterally with narrow dark streak. Leg II: yellowish-orange, prolaterally with narrow dark streak. Leg III: yellowish whitish, femora brown, remaining segments prolaterally with narrow dark streak. Leg IV brown. Opisthosoma dark brown or black, white line along constriction, venter brown.
Body length male: 3.7 mmFemale
Prosoma brownish, shiny. Prosomalänge: 2.05 mm. Chelicerae brown. Sternum grey-brown. Leg I: coxa yellow, femur brown and yellow, patella and tibia yellow, with prolateral brown line, metatarsus and tarsus yellow. Leg II: yellow, with prolateral brown line on all segements. Leg III: coxa and femur brown, patella and tibia yellow, with prolateral brown line, metatarsus and tarsus yellow. Leg IV: Coxa, patella and metatarsus yellow, femur and tibia brown, tarsus yellow. Opisthosoma grey-brown, white line along constriction.
Body length female: 5.6-6.4 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska & Szeremeta 2001)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska & Szeremeta 2001)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wesołowska & Szeremeta 2001)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska & Szeremeta 2001)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska & Szeremeta 2001)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska & Szeremeta 2001)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Logunov 2004b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Logunov 2004b)
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. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
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Metzner H (1999) Die Springspinnen (Araneae, Salticidae) Griechenlands. Andrias 14: 1-279
Metzner H (2020) Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Accessed 01 June 2020. Online at http://www.jumping-spiders.com
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Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Wesołowska W, Szeremeta M (2001) A revision of the ant-like salticid genera Enoplomischus Giltay, 1931, Kima Peckham & Peckham, 1902 and Leptorchestes Thorell, 1870 (Araneae: Salticidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 32: 217-240
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2