Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880)
Description
Male
Palp: embolus long and coiled. Epigastric area not bulging. Prosoma 0.8-0.88 mm long. Characters as in female.
Body length male: 1.6-1.9 mmFemale
Prosoma with dark margin and cephalic region darker. Prosoma 0.58-0.7 mm long. Sternum yellow-brown. Clypeus concave. Chelicerae: promargin without teeth. Legs annulated, metatarsus I 1.6 times as long as tarsus I, tibia IV with one dorsal bristle. Opisthosoma with 2 anterior tubercles, anterior part and posterior end of folium dark. Folium indistinct. Some specimen light, without pattern.
Body length female: 1.8-2 mmAdditional information
In salt marsh, on Tamarix.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Pedipalp
(Wunderlich 1977a)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1977a)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Epigyne/vulva, dorsal view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Epigyne
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1977a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1977a)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1977a)
Distribution List
References
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