Trichoncus affinis Kulczyński, 1894
Description
Male
Cymbium with clearly visible bulge on base. Prosoma brown to dark brown, with black-brown margin, median spot and radial stripes. Legs yellow to yellow-brown. Opisthosoma black.
Body length male: 2.2 mmFemale
Epigynal plate more than two times as wide as long. Vulva: receptaculum thick-walled. Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 2.4-2.5 mmAdditional information
in dry and warm localities amongst low vegetation
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Höfer et al. 2019)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Höfer et al. 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Höfer et al. 2019)
Terminal apophysis
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Tibial apophysis, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Clypeus
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Höfer et al. 2019)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Höfer et al. 2019)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
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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Buchholz S (2007) A first contribution to the arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Nestos Delta (NE Greece). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 59: 241-252
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Frick H (unpubl.) .
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Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Höfer H, Meyer F, Bauer T, Bayer S, Harry I, Kastner L (2019) Überraschende Erstnachweise und neue Daten zu seltenen Spinnenarten (Arachnida: Araneae) aus Blockhalden in Baden-Württemberg. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 58: 62-84
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Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
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Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Ponomarev A V, Alekseev S K, Komarov Y E, Shmatko V Y (2021b) Spiders (Aranei) of the Terek River valley in Mozdok District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 17: 351-374
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Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
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WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
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