Talavera thorelli (Kulczyński, 1891)
Description
Cymbium proximally yellow, with white hairs. Embolic tip slightly bent toward dorsal. Prosoma chestnut-brown, with yellow lateral stripes, eye region darker, dorsally covered with white scales. Sternum yellow-brown. Chelicerae yellow. Legs yellow, annulated with dark brown. Male: leg I anteriorly black. Femur brown. Opisthosoma dorsally grey-brown with light chevrons, ventrally yellow-brown. Spinnerets brown.
Body length male: 1.8-1.9 mmBody length female: 2.1-2.8 mm
Additional information
found in different dry woodland and meadow habitats
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1981c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Żabka 1997)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Żabka 1997)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chvátalová & Buchar 2002)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gack unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Rozwałka & Olbrycht 2017)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Rozwałka & Olbrycht 2017)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Habitus
(Żabka 1997)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Żabka 1997)
Epigyne
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Chvátalová & Buchar 2002)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva
(Żabka 1997)
Vulva
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Chvátalová & Buchar 2002)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Habitus
(Żabka 1997)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
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