Micaria coarctata (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Cymbium with variably positioned bristles. Epigyne with egg-shaped receptaculum seminis, not reaching to transverse ridge. Prosoma mostly black-brown (scale hairs removed), only 1.3-1.8 times as long as wide. Opisthosoma ventrally with white longitudinal band (can be abraded).
Body length male: 4-5.9 mmBody length female: 4.4-6.4 mm
Frequency: Widely distributed
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Blick 2000)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chyzer & Kulczyński 1897)
Pedipalp
(Levy 2002)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans & Blick 2000)
Pedipalp
(Chyzer & Kulczyński 1897)
Pedipalp
(Levy 2002)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Tip of cymbium
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Blick 2000)
Epigyne
(Chyzer & Kulczyński 1897)
Epigyne
(Levy 2002)
Epigyne
(Simon 1932)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Lecigne 2018b)
Vulva
(Bosmans & Blick 2000)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1946)
Spermatheca
(Levy 2002)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 2002)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Levy 2002)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 2002)
Distribution List
References
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