Paratrachelas maculatus (Thorell, 1875)
Description
Male
Prosoma light chestnut brown, with small pits. Prosoma length: 1.4-2.1 mm, prosoma width: 1.2-1.8 mm. Chelicerae chestnut brown, promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin with 2 teeth. Sternum light chestnut brown, slightly pitted. Legs orange-brown, femora of anterior legs darker. Opisthosoma grey, with 2 large, irregular light spots anteriorly and 2 transversal median light patches, dorsal scutum absent.
Body length male: 3.0-4.0 mmFemale
Prosoma as in males. Prosoma length: 1.7-2.2 mm, prosoma width 1.5-1.9 mm. Chelicerae brown, toothed as in males. Sternum orange-brown, margin darker, with some small pits. Legs orange-brown. Opisthosoma as in males, but with additional pale chevrons in posterior part and the white patches with a pattern of small grey spots.
Body length female: 3.4-5.2 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2009)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2009)
Epigyne
(Bauer & Grabolle 2012)
Epigyne
(Gajdoš et al. 2020)
Vulva, ventral view
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2009)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Kovblyuk & Nadolny 2009)
Vulva
(Bauer & Grabolle 2012)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Bauer & Grabolle 2012)
Habitus, ventral view
(Stein 2024)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Stein 2024)
Distribution List
References
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