Haplodrassus signifer (C. L. Koch, 1839)
Description
Male palp with distinctly keeled distal bulbal apophysis. Prosoma red-brown, eye region darker. Chelicerae darker than prosoma. Legs brighter than prosoma. Opisthosoma provided with copper-coloured hairs.
Body length male: 4.7-7.4 mmBody length female: 5.1-11.8 mm
Additional information
On dry meadows, on sand and stony debris, lawns, heathland, open forests and damp areas, up to 3000 m in the Alps, in litter and under stones during the day
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Brændegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Noordam 1992)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Noordam 1992)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2012b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Breitling 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2023b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2023b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2023b)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Tip of pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Bulbus, apical view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2012b)
Bulbus, apical view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2012b)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Šestáková et al. 2022)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Šestáková et al. 2022)
Bulbus, ventro-prolateral view
(Šestáková et al. 2022)
Bulbus, apical view
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2023b)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2023b)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2023b)
Embolic apophyis, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Embolic apophyis, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Embolic division, dorsal view
(Grimm 1985)
Palpal tibia, dorso-lateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Palpal tibia, dorso-lateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Palpal tibia, dorso-lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Breitling 2020)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Tibial apophysis
(Brændegaard 1966)
Tibial apophysis
(Noordam 1992)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2012b)
Epigyne
(Brændegaard 1966)
Epigyne
(Noordam 1992)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2012b)
Epigyne
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Epigyne
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Ponomarev & Shmatko 2023b)
Epigyne
(Grimm 1985)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva
(Platnick & Shadab 1975)
Vulva, ventral view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Kovblyuk et al. 2012b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Vulva
(Bosmans et al. 2018)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grimm 1985)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Tibia IV, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia IV, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Metatarsus I, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
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.
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