Theridiidae: Robertus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879
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 Cymbium distally with 2 robust denticles

Robertus ungulatus Vogelsanger, 1944

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male Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1976)

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male Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)
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Prosoma, dorsal view
(Miller 1967)
- Cymbium without denticles

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 Tibia of male pedipalp angled

Robertus lyrifer Holm, 1939

female
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male Pedipalp
(Hauge 1969)

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male Pedipalp
(Holm 1945)

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male Pedipalp
(Agnarsson 1996)
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male Part of embolus
(Holm 1945)
- Different

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 Male pedipalp massive, spheroidal, with characteristic apophyses; conductor as fig.

Robertus arundineti (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)

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male Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1937)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Miller 1967)
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1995)

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male Conductor
(Weiss & Andriescu 1989)
- Male pedipalp different

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(4)		 Bulbus with large double-tipped apophysis

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
- Bulbus different

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 Tips of bulbal apophysis ± equally large and parallel

Robertus lividus (Blackwall, 1836)

female
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male Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1992)
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male Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Embolus
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Conductor
(Knoflach 1992)
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male Conductor
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Conductor
(Knoflach 1992)
- Different

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 Tips of bulbal apophysis, conductor and embolus as fig.

Robertus truncorum (L. Koch, 1872)

female
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male Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
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male Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Embolus
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Conductor
(Knoflach 1992)
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male Conductor
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Conductor
(Knoflach 1992)
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 Tips of bulbal apophysis, conductor and embolus as fig.; opisthosoma yellow-brownish, mostly lighter than in lividus

Robertus mediterraneus Eskov, 1987

female
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male Pedipalp
(Eskov 1987a)

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male Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1992)
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male Pedipalp
(Eskov 1987a)

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male Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Embolus
(Knoflach 1992)
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male Conductor
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Conductor
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Conductor
(Knoflach 1992)
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(5)		 Bulbus laterally with large bipartite apophysis

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- Different

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 Bulbus laterally with apophysis; eyes relatively small

Robertus kuehnae Bauchhenss & Uhlenhaut, 1993

female
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male Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1992)

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male Pedipalp
(Bauchhenss & Uhlenhaut 1993)
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 Lateral bulbal apophysis as fig.

Robertus scoticus Jackson, 1914

female
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male Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)

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male Pedipalp
(Bauchhenss & Uhlenhaut 1993)
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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)

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male Cymbium, dorsal view
(Locket et al. 1974)
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female Epigyne
(Miller 1967)
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 Lateral bulbal apophysis narrow and pointed

Robertus neglectus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)

female
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male Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
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 Lateral bulbal apophysis broad and with blunt ending

Robertus insignis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908

female
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
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 Epigyne is a shallow, strongly sclerotised groove; entrance ducts very short

Robertus ungulatus Vogelsanger, 1944

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female Epigyne
(Miller 1967)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1976)

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female Vulva
(Miller 1967)
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Prosoma, dorsal view
(Miller 1967)
- Epigyne different

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 Epigyne as fig.

Robertus lyrifer Holm, 1939

male
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female Epigyne
(Hauge 1969)

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female Epigyne
(Agnarsson 1996)

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female Vulva
(Hauge 1969)
- Epigyne different

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 Epigynal groove pointed anteriorly; epigastric furrow posteriorly bulged; entrance ducts long and convoluted

Robertus arundineti (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)

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female Epigyne
(Miller 1967)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Vulva
(Miller 1967)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
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female Vulva, ventral view
(Weiss & Andriescu 1989)
- Epigyne different

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(13)		 Epigynal groove shallow, strongly sclerotised

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- Epigyne different

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 Epigynal groove ± square or round, a little anterior to epigastric furrow

Robertus truncorum (L. Koch, 1872)

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female Epigyne
(Miller 1967)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)

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female Vulva
(Miller 1967)
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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
- Epigynal groove very large, reaching to epigastric furrow

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 Epigyne and vulva as fig.

Robertus lividus (Blackwall, 1836)

male
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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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female Vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach 1992)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach 1992)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach 1992)
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female Vulva
(Miller 1967)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
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 Epigyne and vulva as fig.; opisthosoma yellow-brownish, mostly lighter than in lividus

Robertus mediterraneus Eskov, 1987

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female Epigyne
(Eskov 1987a)

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female Vulva
(Eskov 1987a)
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 epigyne inconspicuous, on a bulge of epigastric furrow; entrance ducts approx. as long as diameter of receptacula seminis

Robertus kuehnae Bauchhenss & Uhlenhaut, 1993

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female Vulva
(Bauchhenss & Uhlenhaut 1993)
- Epigyne different

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 Epigynal groove small, directly at strongly sclerotised part of epigastric furrow; entrance ducts longer than diameter of receptacula seminis

Robertus scoticus Jackson, 1914

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female Epigyne
(Miller 1967)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Vulva
(Bauchhenss & Uhlenhaut 1993)
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female Vulva
(Miller 1967)
- Epigyne different

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 Epigynal groove partly covered by broad chitinous fold; vulva as fig.

Robertus neglectus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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female Vulva
(Miller 1967)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
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 Epigyne as fig.

Robertus insignis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1908

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female Epigyne
(Merrett & Snazell 1975)

Further taxa

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1. Robertus alpinus Dresco, 1959
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female Vulva
(Dresco 1959a)

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female Eyes, frontal view
(Dresco 1959a)

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female Chelicera, frontal view
(Dresco 1959a)

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2. Robertus brachati Wunderlich, 2011
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male Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Wunderlich 2011c)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011c)

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3. Robertus cantabricus Fage, 1931
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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Fage 1931)

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4. Robertus cardesensis Dresco, 1959
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female Vulva
(Dresco 1959a)

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female Eyes, frontal view
(Dresco 1959a)

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female Chelicera, posterior view
(Dresco 1959a)

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5. Robertus frivaldszkyi (Chyzer, 1894)
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1976)

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female Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1976)

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6. Robertus golovatchi Eskov, 1987
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Eskov 1987a)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Eskov 1987a)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Marusik 2012)
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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Kovblyuk & Marusik 2012)

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7. Robertus heydemanni Wiehle, 1965
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1965a)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wiehle 1965a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1973b)
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male Conductor
(Weiss & Andriescu 1989)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Weiss & Andriescu 1989)

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8. Robertus mazaurici (Simon, 1901)
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1976)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1976)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Dresco 1959a)
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Loria 2023)

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male Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Loria 2023)

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female Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1976)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Loria 2023)

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female Epigyne
(Domènech et al. 2023)
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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Loria 2023)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Domènech et al. 2023)