Leviellus thorelli (Ausserer, 1871)
Description
Male palp with only slightly projecting bulbal apophysis. Paracymbium broadly truncated distally. Epigyne with broad triangular scapus. Prosoma red-brown, margin and eye region black darkened. Sternum almost black with yellow longitudinal spot. Chelicerae dark brown. Legs red-brown, darkly annulated. Opisthosoma grey-yellow, ventrally with dark median stripe.
Body length male: 9-10 mmBody length female: 11.5-13.5 mm
Additional information
on very warm walls
Frequency: Rarely found
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1972)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1931)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pfliegler 2014)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pfliegler 2014)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Pfliegler 2014)
Pedipalp, ventro-lateral view
(Cruveillier et al. 2017)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1931)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Cruveillier et al. 2017)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Geci et al. 2022)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Geci et al. 2022)
Habitus
(Loksa 1972)
Habitus
(Wiehle 1931)
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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