Linyphiidae: Entelecara Simon, 1884
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 Prosoma elongated, marked off head part clearly protruding; pedipalp as fig. tibial apophysis with two narrow, slightly bent processes

Moebelia berolinensis (Wunderlich, 1969)
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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male Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1969)
- Prosoma not so elongated; marked off head part not protruding

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 Elevated head region distinctly higher than wide; pedipalp as fig.; tibial apophysis with two bent processes, one tooth on base of the larger one

Entelecara acuminata (Wider, 1834)

female
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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
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male Prosoma, frontal view
(Wiehle 1960a)
- Elevated head region not higher than wide

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 Prosoma posterior to cephalic lobe saddle-like impressed; pedipalp as fig.; under process of tibial apophysis robust, angled at the top and tapering into a pointed tip, also the two upper processes

Entelecara flavipes (Blackwall, 1834)

female
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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Pedipalp
(Schenkel 1925)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Schenkel 1925)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
- Different

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(4)		 Cephalic lobe slightly pointed

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- Cephalic lobe flatly rounded

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 Dorsal line of prosoma posteriorly descending; tibia apophysis with tooth at base of distal process

Entelecara congenera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879)

female
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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)
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male Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
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 Dorsal line of prosoma posteriorly step-like descending; tibial apophysis without tooth at base of distal process

Entelecara omissa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903

female
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male Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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Cephalic area, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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 Dorsal line of prosoma posteriorly step-like descending; tibial apophysis with 2 parallel processes, close together, tapering into a pointed tip, the distal process with 2 tips

Entelecara media Kulczyński, 1887

female
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male Pedipalp
(Deltshev 1985a)

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male Pedipalp
(Deltshev 1985a)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)
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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Deltshev 1985a)
- Dorsal line of prosoma posteriorly roundly descending; tibial apophysis different

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 Tibial apophysis, pedipalp and prosoma as figs.

Entelecara erythropus (Westring, 1851)

female
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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Embolus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)
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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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 Tibial apophysis, pedipalp and prosoma as figs.

Entelecara errata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1913

female
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male Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)
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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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male Cephalic area, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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(1)		 Epigynal plate with ± equally strongly sclerotised arcs, reaching beyond epigynal furrow

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 Sclerotised arcs of epigynal plate uniformly round and encircling a brighter area

Entelecara acuminata (Wider, 1834)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
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 Sclerotised arcs of epigynal plate grooved medially, encircling a bright area, divided by further sclerotised ridges

Entelecara media Kulczyński, 1887

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 Epigynal plate straightly bordered posteriorly and divided in halves by fine middle line

Entelecara flavipes (Blackwall, 1834)

male
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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
- Epigynal plate ± rounded posteriorly, reaching beyond epigynal furrow

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 Epigynal plate posteriorly medially not grooved, ± semicircularly bordered toward epigynal furrow, distinctly transverse oval

Entelecara congenera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
- Epigynal plate posteriorly medially grooved

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 Body length 2.0 mm; median part of epigyne distinctly marked off, ± as wide as long

Entelecara erythropus (Westring, 1851)

male
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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Denis 1942)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
- Body length < 1.7 mm; epigyne different

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 Posterior epigynal margin U-like incised; body length 1.3-1.4 mm

Entelecara omissa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903

male
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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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 Posterior epigynal margin V-like incised; body length 1.5-1.7 mm

Entelecara errata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1913

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female Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Further taxa

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1. Entelecara aestiva Simon, 1918
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male Pedipalp
(Pesarini 1996)

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male Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Barrientos & Sánchez-Corral 2020)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Barrientos & Sánchez-Corral 2020)
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Barrientos & Sánchez-Corral 2020)

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male Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Domènech et al. 2023)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Pesarini 1996)
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male Prosoma, aberrant form, lateral view
(Denis 1945c)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Barrientos & Sánchez-Corral 2020)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Denis 1945c)
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female Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Denis 1945c)

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(Barrientos & Sánchez-Corral 2020)

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2. Entelecara cacuminum Denis, 1954
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male Apex of bulbus, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Denis 1954c)

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female Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Denis 1954c)

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female Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
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female Prosoma, lateral view
(Denis 1954c)

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3. Entelecara helfridae Tullgren, 1955
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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Tullgren 1955)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1955)

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4. Entelecara italica Thaler, 1984
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1984b)

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male Bulbus, ventral view
(Thaler 1984b)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Thaler 1984b)
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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1984b)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Thaler 1984b)

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5. Entelecara klefbecki Tullgren, 1955
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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Tullgren 1955)

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female Vulva
(Tullgren 1955)

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6. Entelecara obscura Miller, 1971
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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Miller F unpubl.)

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female Vulva
(Miller F unpubl.)

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female Prosoma, frontal view
(Miller F unpubl.)
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female Prosoma, lateral view
(Miller F unpubl.)

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female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Miller F unpubl.)

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female Sternum
(Miller F unpubl.)

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7. Entelecara schmitzi Kulczyński, 1905
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male Apex of bulbus, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Denis 1942)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Denis 1942)
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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Tullgren 1955)
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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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female Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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8. Entelecara truncatifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
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male Pedipalp
(Millidge 1977)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 2007)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Barrientos & Febrer 2020)
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male Embolic division, mesal view
(Bosmans 2007)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans 2007)

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male Palpal tibia
(Simon 1884a)
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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Bosmans 2007)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Bosmans 2007)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Simon 1884a)
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male Prosoma, frontal view
(Simon 1884a)

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male Eyes, dorsal view
(Simon 1884a)

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male Cephalic area, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
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male Habitus, lateral view
(Barrientos & Febrer 2020)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans 2007)

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9. Entelecara turbinata Simon, 1918
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male Apex of bulbus, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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male Palpal tibia
(Simon 1926)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Simon 1926)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
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male Cephalic area
(Simon 1926)