Philodromus cespitum (Walckenaer, 1802)
Description
Body colour very variable, brown or yellowish brown, mostly spotted. Males often patterned more intensely, sometimes unicoloured dark brown. Prosoma often with broad, bright median band. Legs yellowish grey or brown with dark spots. Opisthosoma with bright median band and often with dark cardiac mark and dark angular spots.
Body length male: 3.5-5.0 mmBody length female: 5.3 mm
Additional information
At sunny places on herbs, bushes and trees
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Braun 1965)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Segers 1992)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Palmgren 1983)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Muster & Thaler 2004)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolus, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Braun 1965)
Tibial apophysis
(Segers 1992)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Braun 1965)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Segers 1992)
Epigyne
(Segers 1992)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Muster & Thaler 2004)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Logunov & Huseynov 2008)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Braun 1965)
Vulva
(Segers 1992)
Vulva
(Muster & Thaler 2004)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Urones 1986)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
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