Devade tenella (Tystshenko, 1965)
Description
Male
Resembles D. indistincta, but smaller and different armature of palpal tibia and cymbium. Palp: femur with one prolateral apical spine. Prosoma length: 1.1-1.5 mm, prosoma width: 0.9-1.1 mm.
Female
Resembles D. indistincta, but smaller and differing in the shape of the fissure of the epigynal median septum. Prosoma length: 1.1-1.5 mm, prosoma width: 0.9-1.2 mm.
Additional information
Associated with damp saline bogs, running actively on the ground surface at night.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 2000)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 2000)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 2000)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Esyunin & Efimik 2000)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Esyunin & Efimik 2000)
Distribution List
References
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Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (2000) A review of the genus Devade (Aranei, Dictynidae) from fauna of central Asia and southern Russia. Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 79: 679-685
Esyunin S L, Marusik Y M (2001) A new species of the genus Devade Simon, 1884 from Mongolia, with notes on D. tenella (Tyshchenko, 1965) (Aranei: Dictynidae). Arthropoda Selecta 9: 129-131
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