Cybaeus tetricus (C. L. Koch, 1839)
Description
Male
Prosoma yellowish, vaguely spotted. Sternum yellowish. Legs yellow-brown, unicoloured. Opisthosoma light grey, dorsally with large, whitish spots.
Male palp with patellar apophysis, appressed to male palpal, distally broadened spoon-like.
Female
Epigyne with heart-shaped groove, posterior margin tapering.
Body length female: 7.0-8.5 mmAdditional information
under stones in damp mountainous woodland
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Dahl 1931)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Copley et al. 2009)
Tegular apophysis, retrolateral view
(Copley et al. 2009)
Patellar apophysis
(Loksa 1969)
Palpal patella, dorsal view
(Copley et al. 2009)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Copley et al. 2009)
Epigyne
(Maurer 1992)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1969)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Copley et al. 2009)
Vulva
(Maurer 1992)
Vulva
(Loksa 1969)
Vulva, ventral view
(Copley et al. 2009)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Copley et al. 2009)
Eyes, frontal view
(Dahl 1931)
Habitus
(Maurer 1992)
Distribution List
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