Arctosa alpigena alpigena (Doleschall, 1852)
Description
Prosoma red-brown, with black dots. Prosoma length female: 3.8-4.1 mm, prosoma length male: 3.6-3.8 mm. Legs reddish, with dark spots on femur. Opisthosoma reddish, cardiac mark white yellowish, broadened anteriorly, bordered with black, posteriorly 2-3 dark spots, laterally 2-3 circular, black spots from which fine, dark lines extend.
Body length male: 4.8-6.4 mmBody length female: 6.7-9.3 mm
Additional information
In grass heathland, in the mountains from 800 m up to timberline
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Buchar & Thaler 1995a)
Embolic division
(Buchar & Thaler 1995a)
Tegular apophysis, ventral view
(Déjean & Villepoux 2019)
Epigyne
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Vulva
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Femur
(Buchar 1981)
Tarsus of leg I
(Buchar 1981)
Habitus
(Lugetti & Tongiorgi 1965)
Distribution List
References
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