Araniella inconspicua (Simon, 1874)
Description
Male palp with gracile median apophysis, medially with small, slightly protruding, tooth-like structure. Epigyne completely covered by scapus. Prosoma brown. Legs brown. Opisthosoma dorso-laterally always without black spots, ventrally without spots.
Body length male: 4-5 mmBody length female: 5-8.7 mm
Additional information
Thermophilic, on oaks and pines, biology mostly unknown
Frequency: Rarely found
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1931)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1931)
Pedipalp
(Spasojevic et al. 2016)
Coxa I
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1931)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Almquist 2006)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Spasojevic et al. 2016)
Epigyne/vulva, dorsal view
(Spasojevic et al. 2016)
Vulva
(Locket et al. 1974)
Vulva
(Locket et al. 1974)
Tarsus
(Loksa 1972)
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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Sacher P (1990) Untersuchungen über Zahl, Anordnung und taxonomischen Wert der dorso-lateralen Abdominalpunkte in der Gattung Araniella (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 190: 345-349
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