Menemerus animatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876
Description
Male
Prosoma dorsally red-brown with wide white margin, otherwise with orange-brown hairs, head plate darker. Opisthosoma dorsally brown with light points, anteriomedially two white oval spots, posterior zigzag stain pattern. Palp: femur, patella and cymbium with white hairs, apophysis black, laterally pointed.
Body length male: 5.5 mmFemale
Prosoma and opisthosoma as in males, prosoma additionally with light grey hairs. Face with white hairs.
Body length female: 4.9 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Prószyński 2003)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Prószyński 2003)
Palpal femur, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Epigyne
(Wesołowska 1999)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Wesołowska 1999)
Epigyne
(Wesołowska 1999)
Epigyne
(Prószyński 2003)
Epigyne
(Coşar & Danışman 2023a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wesołowska 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Prószyński 2003)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Coşar & Danışman 2023a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Coşar & Danışman 2023a)
Distribution List
References
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WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2