Walckenaeria atrotibialis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1878)
Description
Male
Male palp with 2 ± equally long tibial apophyses.
Prosoma light to red-brown, dark radial stripes. Male: elevated step-like anteriorly, with distinct depression in the middle of dorsal line.
Female
Anterior margin of median epigynal plate inwardly bent.
Body length female: 2.2-3.0 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Leg I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
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Updates
| 22-10-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 20-01-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 09-11-2022 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 22-02-2021 | Distribution insert | Detail |
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| 24-09-2015 | Distribution update | Detail |
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