Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Description
Prosoma yellow-brown. Sternum dark brown to black, with yellow V-shaped median stripe. Chelicerae yellow-brown, male: very long, divergent. Legs yellow-brown, distal parts of leg segments sometimes narrowly darkened. Opisthosoma elongated, dorsally shining silver, often greenish with fine black longitudinal stripes, laterally darker, ventrally with broad, black median band, flanked by silver stripes and spots.
Body length male: 6-9 mmBody length female: 5-12.2 mm
Additional information
On herbaceous plants in humid, open habitats, always near water
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, ventral view
(Breitling 2020)
Tip of pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Morano 2020)
Embolus
(Locket et al. 1974)
Embolus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Conductor
(Tullgren 1947)
Tip of conductor
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of conductor, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of conductor, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Sternum
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Azheganova 1968)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1947)
Chelicerae, prolateral view
(Tullgren 1947)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicera, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Breitling 2020)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Tip of condyle
(Tullgren 1947)
Tip of condyle
(Wiehle 1963a)
Tibia I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, lateral view
(Morano 2020)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Tullgren 1947)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1963a)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morano 2020)
Vulva
(Azheganova 1968)
Vulva
(Roberts 1998)
Vulva, ventral view
(Tullgren 1947)
Vulva, ventral view
(Tullgren 1947)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1963a)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Breitling 2020)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Eyes, dorso-frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Eyes, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Azheganova 1968)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicera, prolateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Breitling 2020)
Chelicera, retrolateral view
(Morano 2020)
Femur I, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Eyes, frontal view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Sternum
(Roberts 1998)
Sternum
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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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