Mastigusa arietina (Thorell, 1871)
Description
Conductor with slender terminal part, very long and uniformly bent. Epigyne posteriorly with bright median area, entrance ducts very thin and densely convoluted. Prosoma light yellow-brown. Sternum yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma light yellowish, sometimes with brownish or blackish vague pattern.
Body length male: 3-3.5 mmBody length female: 3-3.5 mm
Additional information
Under bark or in formicaries
Troglophile species (Mammola et al. 2018b)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Miller 1971)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, ventro-lateral view
(Wunderlich 1986)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1986)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1986)
Habitus
(Tyschchenko 1971)
Epigyne
(Palmgren 1977)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Zamani et al. 2020c)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Zamani et al. 2020c)
Leg I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Loksa 1969)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Palmgren 1977)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1986)
Legs
(Palmgren 1977)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Palmgren 1977)
Distribution List
References
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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