Agyneta saxatilis (Blackwall, 1844)
Description
Male palp with often only slightly bent lamella characteristica. Tibial apophysis bent. Paracymbium with 2 small stout hooks. Epigyne with medially indented anterior margin. Prosoma brown, sometimes darkened with black. Sternum black-brown. Chelicerae yellowish-brown. Legs yellowish-brown. Opisthosoma grey-black.
Body length male: 2.0-2.3 mmBody length female: 2.0-2.3 mm
Additional information
amongst grass and low plants in different habitats
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Schikora 1993)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica
(Schikora 1993)
Paracymbium
(Aakra 2000b)
Paracymbium
(Kupryjanowicz et al. 1997)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Cymbium, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Schikora 1993)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Leg I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, antero-ventral view
(Schikora 1993)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Locket 1967)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne, antero-ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Aakra 2000b)
Vulva
(Schikora 1993)
Vulva
(Schikora 1993)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, anterior view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
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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