Agyneta rurestris (C. L. Koch, 1836)
Description
Male palp with distally tapered lamella characteristica, strongly widened in the middle part. Prosoma dark brown, with black margin. Sternum dark brown. Chelicerae bright yellowish brown, sometimes tinged with black. Legs bright yellowish brown, sometimes tinged with black. Opisthosoma grey to almost black.
Body length male: 1.6-2.3 mmBody length female: 1.8-3 mm
Additional information
In forest edges, meadows and gardens, from Sea coast up to high mountain region, frequent.
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, expanded, retrolateral view
(Breitling 2020)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Breitling 2020)
Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1931)
Sternum
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1956)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
References
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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World Spider Catalog (2020) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.03.2020) doi: 10.24436/2