Agroeca proxima (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)
Description
Epigyne as long as wide. Opisthosoma brown-grey to light yellow-brown with distinct chevrons.
Body length male: 3.8-5 mmBody length female: 5.2-7.5 mm
Additional information
In dry (dunes, heathland, vineyards, open forests) and humid habitats (swamp meadows and bogs), up to 2000 m. Cocoon spindle-shaped
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Reimoser 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Brændegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Grimm 1986)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grimm 1986)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Epigyne
(Brændegaard 1966)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Tullgren 1946)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Grimm 1986)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva
(Reimoser 1937)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grimm 1986)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Habitus
(Sterghiu 1985)
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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