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.)
Palpal spur
(Fjellberg 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.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1995)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Habitus, lateral view
(Azheganova 1968)
Distribution List
References
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Fjellberg A (unpubl.)
Ivanov V V (2013) The checklist of Belarusian spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoology and Ecology 4: 293-311
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Morka G H (unpubl.)
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Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Wiehle H (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, X. 28: Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337
WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.07.2022) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 08-10-2022 | Image insert | |
| 21-04-2020 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 23-12-2019 | Image insert | |
| 18-03-2014 | Image insert |