Palliduphantes istrianus (Kulczyński, 1914)
Description
Male
Prosoma yellow, eyes surrounded by black strip, clypeus concave, chelicerae with 5 denticles on pro- and 3 teeth on retromargin. Legs yellowish. Palp: paracymbium big and characteristic, terminal apophyses wide and serrated, lamella forked with both branches well-developed and diverging.
Prosoma length: 0.9 mm, prosoma width: 0.6 mm.
Body length male: 1.6-1.83 mmFemale
Colouration as in male.
Prosoma length: 0.9 mm, prosoma width: 0.7 mm.
Body length female: 1.5-2.07 mmAdditional information
In caves.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Polenec & Thaler 1980)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Paracymbium
(Polenec & Thaler 1980)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Polenec & Thaler 1980)
Epigyne/vulva
(Polenec & Thaler 1980)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Brignoli 1971d)
Epigyne
(Brignoli 1971d)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans & Trotta 2021)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1971d)
Distribution List
References
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