Bolyphantes alticeps (Sundevall, 1833)
Description
Paracymbium with pointed process in the middle of terminal part. Basal process of paracymbium flat and with angular shape. Epigyne tripartite, process of anterior epigynal plate truncated at posterior margin. Prosoma brown, with narrow black margin and median stripe. Sternum brown, with broad, dark margin. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on promargin, 4-5 teeth on retromargin. Legs yellowish to light brown, with long, robust spines. Opisthosoma yellowish brown, dorsally with irregularly arranged spots, ventrally often with dark median band.
Body length male: 3-4.5 mmBody length female: 3-4.5 mm
Additional information
in meadows and forest edges, low mountain range up to subalpine zone, rarely in the lowland
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Procursus, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
EMPTY!
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1995)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Habitus, lateral view
(Azheganova 1968)
References
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Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152 
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British Spiders 2. Ray Soc London
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester
Roberts M J (1995) Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins Field Guide Bath
Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion Natuur Baarn, Netherlands
Wiehle H (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, X. 28: Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337
World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.01.2019) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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