Diplocephalus graecus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
Description
Male
Prosoma dark grey-brown, with a darker area between eyes and fovea, and with darker radiating striae, cephalic lobe low, narrow sulcus behind posterior lateral eye. Chelicerae dark yellow-brown. Sternum dark brown, almost black. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma dark grey with some small lighter spots.
Body length male: 1.5-1.9 mmFemale
Colouration as in males, except palps yellow, suffused with grey, legs pale yellow to yellow-brown.
Body length female: 1.8-2.2 mmAdditional information
Since a few decades, this species shows some spreading tendencies within Europe. Nevertheless, it shall not be listed as alien or invasive because it is native for Europe.
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Bosmans 1996)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Denis 1945c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Iorio unpubl.)
Palpal tibia
(Bosmans 1996)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Bosmans 1996)
Epigyne
(Bosmans 1996)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Denis 1945c)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Denis 1945c)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Denis 1945c)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Denis 1945c)
Vulva
(Bosmans 1996)
Distribution List
References
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Denis J (1945c) Notes sur les érigonides. X. Remarques sur le genre Entelecara E. Simon avec la description de formes nouvelles du genre Plaesiocraerus E. Simon. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 80: 203-215
Iorio E (unpubl.) .
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WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.01.2022) doi: 10.24436/2