Agroeca brunnea (Blackwall, 1833)
Description
Embolus broad, with keel on its base. Epigyne with ± parallel cuticular ridge in posterior area. Body colour: light red-brown, with shiny golden hairs, sternum, opisthosoma and legs distally darker. distance between posterior median eyes = distance between posterior lateral eyes and posterior median eyes. Opisthosoma with dark chevrons.
Body length male: 5.1-7 mmBody length female: 6-9.4 mm
Additional information
In forests, humid areas (bogs, deciduous forests), heathland, dry meadows and on debris areas, in moss, leaf litter and on bark. Lantern-like cocoon with thin stalk attached to plants ("fee-lamp"), camouflaged with clumps, a moulting chamber for the offspring in it next to egg chamber (with 40-60 eggs)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Sterghiu 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Brændegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jocqué 1977b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Sterghiu 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral-dorsal view
(Reimoser 1937)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Mu et al. 2019)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Mu et al. 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Mu et al. 2019)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral-dorsal view
(Grimm 1986)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grimm 1986)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Tibial apophysis
(Jocqué 1977b)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Epigyne
(Brændegaard 1966)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Tullgren 1946)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Mu et al. 2019)
Epigyne
(Grimm 1986)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva
(Reimoser 1937)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva, ventral view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Mu et al. 2019)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grimm 1986)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Metatarsus I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus
(Sterghiu 1985)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Grimm 1986)
Distribution List
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