Micaria rossica Thorell, 1875
Description
Male palp with 1 or 2 small, hump-shaped tibial apophyses. Retinaculum absent. Cymbium with 3 bristles. Embolus very thick. Epigyne medially with variable longitudinal bar. Femur I and II distally with 2 bristles.
Body length male: 4 mmBody length female: 3.9-5.3 mm
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Platnick & Shadab 1988)
Pedipalp
(Platnick & Shadab 1988)
Pedipalp
(Pesarini 2000)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tuneva 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tuneva 2007)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Tip of bulbus, ventro-retrolateral view
(Tuneva 2007)
Tip of cymbium, ventral view
(Tuneva 2007)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Tuneva 2007)
Epigyne
(Platnick & Shadab 1988)
Epigyne
(Pesarini 2000)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Zamani et al. 2020c)
Epigyne
(Tuneva 2007)
Epigyne
(Tuneva 2007)
Epigyne
(Tuneva 2007)
Vulva
(Platnick & Shadab 1988)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tuneva 2007)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Vulva, ventral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Vulva, ventral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Vulva, ventral view
(Liu & Zhang 2025)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Tuneva 2007)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Tuneva 2007)
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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Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
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