Drassodes unicolor (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Description
Male
Prosoma rusty yellow, with black margins and distinct longitudinal slit. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on pro- and 2 on retromargin. Legs pale yellow, tarsi darker. Opisthosoma pale grey with black-grey hairs. Palp: tibia 3.5x as long as thick, with protruding, slightly curved apophysis which bears an apical pointed tip which itself bears a smaller, median, pointed tip.
Prosoma length: 3.5 mm
Body length male: 4.3-5.3 mmFemale
Colouration as in males. Epigyne: posterior with reniform, laterally with double chitinous bar marginated transversal groove, in which lies a slightly narrower, also reniform lamella.
Prosoma length: 4.0 mm.
Body length female: 9.1-12.5 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 2004)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 2004)
Tibial apophysis
(Levy 2004)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Levy 2004)
Epigyne
(Levy 2004)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 2004)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Levy 2004)
Distribution List
References
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