Tetragnatha striata L. Koch, 1862
Description
Male
Prosoma grey-brown, rarely with narrow, dark margin. Sternum unicoloured yellowish brown. Chelicerae unicoloured yellowish brown.
Dorsal tooth ± as long as width at its base. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma dark brown, dorsally with dark folium with golden or shiny silver median stripe and silver lateral bands, ventrally with bright spots near spinnerets, rarely completely bright.
Body length male: 8-10 mmFemale
Epigynal plate ± as long as wide. Vulva with small and club-shaped receptaculum seminis.
Body length female: 9-12 mmAdditional information
Frequent on shores of large still water, always on water side of reeds, mostly underneath leaves there
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1963a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Conductor
(Tullgren 1947)
Tip of conductor
(Tullgren 1947)
Tip of conductor
(Wiehle 1963a)
Conductor, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of conductor, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of conductor, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Azheganova 1968)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicera, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Azheganova 1968)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Tullgren 1947)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1963a)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morano 2020)
Vulva
(Roberts 1998)
Vulva
(Tullgren 1947)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1963a)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Eyes, frontal view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Eyes, frontal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Eyes, dorso-frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Eyes, dorso-frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Eyes, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Eyes, frontal view
(Morano 2020)
Chelicerae
(Azheganova 1968)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicerae and eyes, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Habitus
(Azheganova 1968)
Habitus
(Roberts 1998)
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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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Morano E (2020) La familia Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Araneae) en el área ibero-balear. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 37: 101-136
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