Dysdera erythrina (Walckenaer, 1802)
Description
Male
Bulb 1.4 mm long. Prosoma 3.8 mm long. Prosoma with parallel margins, head region slightly protruding. Sternum orange-brown to dark red-brown. Chelicerae with concave anterior cheliceral furrow margin.
Body length male: 6-8 mmFemale
Vulva rounded anteriorly in dorsal view, anterior process of receptaculum seminis often appearing bipartite outwardly, narrowed medially. Prosoma 4.1 mm long. Sternum almost smooth. Eyes: PME smallest, anteriors at the most one diameter apart. Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs: reddish yellow, femur spineless, tibia III with 6 or more spines, tibia IV with 7 or 8 spines, posterior metatarsus with numerous spines. Opisthosoma greyish or whitish, almost hairless.
Comparison of D. crocata / D. erythrina by J.-P. Taberlet: PDF
Body length female: 9-14 mmAdditional information
In heathlands, grasslands, vineyards, gardens, under stones and bark, in litter, also in caves.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1969)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Bulbus
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Bulbus, frontal view
(Řezáč et al. 2018b)
Bulbus, posterior view
(Řezáč et al. 2018b)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Řezáč et al. 2018b)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Řezáč et al. 2018b)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Řezáč et al. 2018b)
Embolic division
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Bulbal apophysis, frontal view
(Řezáč et al. 2018b)
Bulbal apophysis, lateral view
(Řezáč et al. 2018b)
Vulva
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1953)
Vulva
(Loksa 1969)
Vulva
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva
(Řezáč et al. 2018b)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Prosoma
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1953)
Gnathocoxae and sternum
(Wiehle 1956)
Tibia IV, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
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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Taberlet J-P (unpubl.)
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