Palliduphantes ericaeus (Blackwall, 1853)
Description
Male palp with slightly serrated end of lamella. Epigyne with flat scapus, hardly protruding. Lateral parts of epigyne approximately as long as wide, rounded. Prosoma yellow-brown, with dark margin. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma yellow-grey.
Body length male: 1.3-1.9 mmBody length female: 1.3-2.4 mm
Additional information
In open habitats like peat bogs, damp meadows, but also in dry grassland and heathland.
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Rozwałka & Zawal 2012)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Rozwałka & Zawal 2012)
Distribution List
References
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Rozwałka R, Zawal A (2012) Palliduphantes ericaeus (Blackwall, 1853) (Araneae: Linyphiidae) a spider species new for Poland. Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, Acta Biologica 19: 83-87
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