Pisaura mirabilis (Clerck, 1757)
Description
Male
Palp: tibia with simple lateral apophysis. Bulb with big, excavated lateral conductor, large fulcrum and small, more or less triangular median apophysis.
Prosoma length: 3.9-4.5 mm, prosoma width: 3.0-3.5 mm.
Body length male: 10-13 mmFemale
Epigyne: anchor-shaped, extended epigyneal depression divided by median septum. Septum ends anteriorly in a almost triangular structure with 4 attachment grooves. Septum long and narrow, median plate large and wide with anterior border almost perpendicular to septum. Halves of epigyneal depression large. Copulatory ducts well-visible, large and spiralized.
Prosoma length: 3.9-5.0 mm, prosoma width: 3.1-4.0 mm.
Body length female: 12-15 mmAdditional information
Very frequent in different open habitats, in humid meadows, on bushes, up to 900 m. Male gives bridal gift to female prior to copulation. Female carries cocoon (100-300 eggs) in chelicerae. Prior to hatching, she constructs a bell-shaped web between blades of grass, where she hangs up the cocoon and guards it.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiebes 1959)
Pedipalp
(Dahl 1937)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1969)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Bulbus
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1969)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Wiebes 1959)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Lecigne 2021a)
Vulva
(Azheganova 1968)
Vulva
(Dahl 1937)
Vulva, ventral view
(Breitling 2020)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus
(Loksa 1969)
Habitus
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Habitus
(Dahl 1937)
Habitus
(Koh unpubl.)
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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Updates
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