Tenuiphantes mengei (Kulczyński, 1887)
Description
Male palp with sickle-shaped tip of lamella. Epigyne with gradually broadened, medially deeply incised visible part of scapus. Prosoma brown-black. Chelicerae with robust stridulatory organ on the outside. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma light brown with dark pattern.
Body length male: 1.5-2.5 mmBody length female: 1.6-2.5 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Paracymbium
(Roberts 1987)
Paracymbium
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Basal tooth of paracymbium
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Tibia and paracymbium
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, lateral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Chelicerae, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Tibia IV, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Palmgren 1975)
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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