araneae - Improphantes complicatus

Description

Male palp with gradually tapering lamella, serrated distally. Epigyne with square scapus, not visible in ventral view, arranged perpendicular to opisthosoma. Prosoma yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey.

Body length male: 1.7-2.2 mm
Body length female: 1.7-2.2 mm

Additional information

in grass heathland and in mountain region

Character states from linyphiid key

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2020): North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)

Figures

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1987)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Epigyne, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Distribution List

Austria ( no references ) ||| Denmark ( no references ) ||| Faroe Islands ( no references ) ||| Finland ( no references ) ||| France ( no references ) ||| Iceland ( no references ) ||| Italy ( no references ) ||| Liechtenstein ( no references ) ||| Norway ( no references ) ||| Poland ( no references ) ||| Russia, Central ( no references ) ||| Russia, Eastern ( no references ) ||| Russia, Northern ( no references ) ||| Svalbard ( no references ) ||| Sweden ( no references ) ||| Switzerland ( no references ) ||| United Kingdom ( no references ) |||

References

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin

Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org

Lissner J, Jensen J-K, Hansen L J, Simonsen W, Kelduni R, Nissen K (2016b) An updated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Faroe Islands. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 197-240

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British Spiders 2. Ray Soc London

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online Catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other Arachnid Orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). http://araneae.it. Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152

Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester

Seyfulina R R (2019) On linyphiid spiders (Aranei: Linyphiidae) from Moscow Area, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 28: 453-458

World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.09.2019) doi: 10.24436/2

Improphantes complicatus (Emerton, 1882)