Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Description
Male
Conductor with slightly spirally twisted tip. Radix of male palp larger than median apophysis (in ventral view). Prosoma 1.6-2.4 mm long. Chelicerae with one large tooth and small teeth.
Body length male: 3-5 mmFemale
Epigyne strongly sclerotised laterally on posterior margin. Epigynal groove approximately as long as wide. Prosoma 1.5-2.3 mm long. Colouration as in E. ovata, but usually without red markings and with fewer, or no black spots.
Body length female: 4-6 mmAdditional information
In varied, more or less open habitats, heathlands, field shrubs, grasslands, cultivated lands, on low vegetation and bushes.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Snazell 1983b)
Pedipalp
(Snazell 1983b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Snazell 1983b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
Vulva
(Aakra et al. 2016)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
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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