Dipoena braccata (C. L. Koch, 1841)
Description
Male
Conductor robust and pointed. Epigyne with groove, far anterior to epigastric furrow. Vulva with long, spiral entrance ducts. Prosoma black, shiny. Sternum black, shiny. Chelicerae black, shiny. Legs black. Femur reddish, or brighter yellowish. Opisthosoma shiny black.
Body length male: 1.6-1.9 mmFemale
Trichobothrium metatarsus I at 0.7 (exception in Dipoena).
Body length female: 2.0-3.5 mmAdditional information
On the lower twigs of pines in very warm terrain
Frequency: Very rarely found
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Aakra et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Aakra et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Miller 1967)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Miller 1967)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)
Distribution List
References
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Miller F (1967) Studien über die Kopulationsorgane der Spinnengattung Zelotes, Micaria, Robertus und Dipoena nebst Beschreibung einiger neuen oder unvollkommen bekannten Spinnenarten. Přírodovědné práce ústavů Československé Akademie Věd v Brně (N.S.) 1: 251-298
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Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). http://araneae.it. Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Wiehle H (1937) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, VIII. 26: Familie Theridiidae oder Haubennetzspinnen (Kugelspinnen). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 33: 119-222
WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (03.01.2021) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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| 06-12-2018 | Distribution update | Detail |
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