Rhodera hypogea Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989
Description
Female
Prosoma dark red, oval, with strong granulations. Prosoma 3.4 mm long. Eyes absent. Legs: tarsal claw of anterior legs with 12 small teeth, tarsal claw of posterior legs with 2 or 3 small teeth, posterior metatarsus and tarsus with claw tuft.
Body length female: 7.6 mmAdditional information
Only one female specimen known. In cave.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al. 2018)
Distribution
Figures
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1989)
Posterior diverticula, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1989)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1989)
Epigastric region, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1989)
References
Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1989) Rhodera n. gen., hypogea n. sp., araignée microphtalme de l'île de Crête, un fossile vivant? (Araneae: Dysderidae: Dysderinae). Mém Biospéol 16: 47-51
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522 
Mammola S, Cardoso P, Ribera C, Pavlek M, Isaia M (2018b) A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe. Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56: 301-316
World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.09.2019) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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