Anatolidion gentile (Simon, 1881)
Description
Male
Palp: yellow, tarsus and bulb blackish, very large, as long as prosoma. Bulb: median apophysis small and hidden, theridiid tegular apophysis and conductor large, embolus long and coiled, its distal part enclosed by the conductor. Prosoma reddish-brown, darker in front, 0.7-0.9 mm long, as wide as long. Sternum reddish-brown, often with a thin black borderline. Eyes: medians almost equal, median ocular quadrangle as wide as long, wider in front. Chelicerae: promargin with one tooth. Legs uniform brownish, tibia I and II with 2 bristles, tibia III with one bristle, tibia IV probably with only one bristle, metatarsus with a long dorsal bristle, metatarsus I, II and III with trichobothria. Opisthosoma greyish or blackish, mottled with white dots, epigastric region black, spinnerets ringed with black. Opisthosoma egg-shaped, covered with scarce long hairs, epigastric area not bulging.
Body length male: 2.0-2.5 mmFemale
Epigyne: atrium small, superficial, transverse, with a straight margin behind. Prosoma brownish, darker on cephalic part, with a black borderline. Prosoma 0.8-0.9 mm long, as wide as long. Sternum dark red-brown. Legs brownish, tibia with an apical blackish annulation, sometimes entirely brownish, other segments uniformly coloured. Opisthosoma brownish, dorsally with 2 series of 3 whitish blotches, and posteriorly with a whitish irregular median band, ventrally entirely light brownish.
Body length female: 2.2-2.5 mmAdditional information
In marshes and among tall grass.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Oger et al. 2017)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 2021)
Bulbus, apical view
(Wunderlich 2021)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2021)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Oger et al. 2017)
Distribution List
References
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