Neottiura bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Description
Cymbium tapering, with teeth. Epigyne strongly protruding. Prosoma light brown, sometimes with dark longitudinal stripes. Sternum with dark margin and median elevation. Chelicerae brown. Legs light yellow. Femur IV with strong basal tooth. Opisthosoma female: dorsally with a white-yellowish median stripe or completely dark, ventrally dark. Male: uniformly dark.
Body length male: 2.3-2.5 mmBody length female: 2.5-3.5 mm
Additional information
On low plants, euryoecious, hygrophilic species, not above 1000 m in the Alps
Frequency: Frequent
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1999)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)
Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Knoflach 1999)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)
Cymbium
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Knoflach 1999)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Miller 1971)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Knoflach 1999)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
Vulva
(Knoflach 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Knoflach 1999)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Knoflach 1999)
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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