Heliophanillus fulgens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Description
Male
Prosoma and opisthosoma rusty brown with white hairs on black margin, clear orange-brown iridescent scales. Head plate and eye region wrinkled, glossy and black. Palp rusty brown, distally lighter.
Body length male: 2.25-2.9 mmFemale
Colouration as in males. A bit lighter, opisthosoma with white hairs on anterior margin.
Body length female: 3.3 mmAdditional information
on a garden wall (Chios, Greece)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wesołowska & van Harten 1994)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wesołowska & van Harten 1994)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Logunov 2021b)
Epigyne
(Wesołowska & van Harten 1994)
Vulva
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Logunov 2021b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Abdel-Ghani et al. 2023)
Distribution List
References
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