Enoplognatha testacea Simon, 1884
Description
Male
Male palp with small, inconspicuous radix. Colouration as in female. Prosoma 1-1.4 mm long. Chelicerae with a small distal tooth, and a large basal tooth with a denticle at its base.
Body length male: 2.2-3.3 mmFemale
Epigyne with small, round central depression. Prosoma light brown, 1-1.5 mm long. Legs light brown, unicoloured. Opisthosoma grey-brown, 3 pairs of white, irregular spots. Laterally with bright stripe, sometimes broken into spots.
Body length female: 2.4-4.1 mmAdditional information
Usually in dry habitats, garrigue, holm oak and cork oak forests, pine forests, dry grasslands, vineyards, rarely in meadows, in caves and under stones.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Palpal claw
(Wunderlich 1976)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Epigyne
(Iorio unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Vulva
(Dresco 1962)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Vulva, ventral view
(Lecigne 2018b)
Distribution List
References
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Iorio E (unpubl.) .
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