Dictyna alaskae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947
Description
Male
Prosoma and chelicerae dark reddish brown. Sternum brown. Legs and palps light brown. Opisthosoma brownish gray, shiny, markings obscure or faint. Pars cephalica moderately elevated, convex from posterior eyes to median depression. Palp: Tibia with a prominent conical dorsal spur, tipped with the usual two stout points. Cymbium short. Tailpiece of conductor extended posteriorly as a long twisted spine. Prosoma length: 1.0 mm, prosoma width: 0.8 mm.
Body length male: 2.1-2.13 mmFemale
Prosoma brown, with sides of head and radial streaks darker, and with top of head lighter and clothed with white hairs. Chelicerae dark reddish brown. Sternum light brown. Legs and palps yellowish brown, unmarked. Opisthosoma light gray, with a large blackish mark over the heart and some dark transverse marks posterior, sides darker. Characteristic epigyne. Prosoma length: 0.8 mm, prosoma width: 0.7 mm.
Body length female: 2.2-2.55 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Danilov 2000)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Danilov 2000)
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
Almquist S (2007) Swedish Araneae, part 2 – families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 63(2006): 285-601 
Danilov S N (2000) New data on the spiders of the family Dictynidae (Araneae) from Siberia. Ekológia (Bratislava) 19, Suppl. 3: 37-44
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Mikhailov K G (2013) The spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries: a non-annotated checklist. Arthropoda Selecta, Supplement 3: 1-262
Pajunen T (2013) Dictyna alaskae Chamberlin et Ivie, 1947 – kannusvarpuhämähäkki Suomessa (Araneae, Dictynidae). Sahlbergia 19: 38-40
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