Nesticus cellulanus (Clerck, 1757)
Description
Conductor elongated. Epigyne broad on anterior margin. Prosoma yellowish, with blackish pattern. Sternum light yellow, spotted black. Legs yellowish, annulated with black. Opisthosoma grey-yellow whitish with blackish spots.
Body length male: 3.7-4.5 mmBody length female: 4-5.5 mm
Additional information
Often in caves, in basements, in open land in screes, on walls, sporadically also in forests. Criss-cross web with sticky droplets.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al. 2018)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Isaia et al. 2011)
Epigyne
(Bürgis 1989b)
Epigyne
(Jäger 1998a)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1953)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Isaia et al. 2011)
Epigyne
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1971d)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1953)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Brignoli 1971d)
Habitus
(Bürgis 1989a)
Distribution List
References
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