Nigma walckenaeri (Roewer, 1951)
Description
Male
Cymbium with dorsal hump. Tibial apophysis laterally pointed.
Prosoma male: red-brown.
Sternum bright yellowish. Chelicerae bright yellowish. Legs green. Femur sometimes brownish. Opisthosoma of living specimens green, sometimes with whitish pattern.
Body length male: 3.5-4.0 mmFemale
Epigyne with very narrow median bar, more than three times as long as wide. Prosoma female: yellowish brown, male: red-brown.
Body length female: 4.5-5.0 mmAdditional information
Frequent on leaves of herbs and bushes, mostly in gardens and forest edges.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1953)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Barrientos & Ferrández 1982)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Henrard et al. 2025b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Henrard et al. 2025b)
Conductor, retrolateral view
(Henrard et al. 2025a)
Cymbium, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011c)
Ocular area and chelicerae, antero-dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011c)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Chelicerae and eyes, dorsal view
(Henrard et al. 2025a)
Patella and tibia, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Patella and tibia, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Habitus, lateral view
(Henrard et al. 2025b)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1953)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Henrard et al. 2025b)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1953)
Vulva
(Loksa 1969)
Vulva, ventral view
(Henrard et al. 2025a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Henrard et al. 2025b)
Vulva, antero-dorsal view
(Henrard et al. 2025b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Henrard et al. 2025b)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Barrientos & Ferrández 1982)
Habitus
(Loksa 1969)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Henrard et al. 2025b)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Henrard et al. 2025b)
Habitus, ventral view
(Henrard et al. 2025b)
Ocular area and chelicerae
(Wiehle 1953)
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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