Enoplognatha caricis (Fickert, 1876)
Description
Male
Male palp with median apophysis twice as long as wide. Prosoma light brown, with darker margin and radial stripes. Sternum dark brown, margin darker. Chelicerae brown, distally with 2 robust, bent teeth. Legs brown. Opisthosoma brown, ventrally unicoloured, dorsally with dark brown folium and white longitudinal stripe anterior of heart region reaching spinnerets.
Body length male: 5.0 mmFemale
Epigyne with very wide epigynal groove, backwardly bent laterally. Opisthosoma ventrally with white spots.
Body length female: 5.0-7.7 mmAdditional information
In bogs and swamps
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Kupryjanowicz 1997a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Yoshida 2001a)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp
(Yoshida 2001a)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Wiehle 1937)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Yoshida 2001a)
Chelicera, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Palpal claw
(Wunderlich 1976)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
Epigyne
(Yoshida 2001a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Lecigne 2016d)
Vulva
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Vulva
(Yoshida 2001a)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne 2016d)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Kupryjanowicz 1997a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Kupryjanowicz 1997a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Yoshida 2001a)
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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