Talavera petrensis (C. L. Koch, 1837)
Description
Male
Palp male: with white haired basal part. Distal margin of palpal covered by row of white bristles. Embolus coiled.
Prosoma grey-brown, covered with white scales, eyes fringed with orange hairs. Sternum yellow.
Coxae light grey-yellow, femur brown and tarsi grey-yellow. Opisthosoma grey-brown, with chevrons. Spinnerets brown.
Female
Epigyne with long, spiral, strongly sclerotised margin.
Legs: femur brown, remaining segments yellow with brown rings.
Additional information
In heathland, grass steppes and dry forest areas, in the mountains under stones
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Brændegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pesarini unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Żabka 1997)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Żabka 1997)
Pedipalp
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021b)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Eyes, frontal view
(Geci et al. 2025a)
Habitus
(Żabka 1997)
Habitus, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Żabka 1997)
Epigyne
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021b)
Vulva
(Żabka 1997)
Vulva
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Coşar & Danışman 2021b)
Habitus
(Żabka 1997)
Habitus, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
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