araneae - Agyneta conigera

Description

Male palp with serrated and distally straightly truncated lamella characteristica. Cymbium with conical protuberance. Median plate wider than long on base, slightly indented medially. Prosoma dark brown, margin blackish. Male: dorsal line distinctly deepened behind head region. Sternum margin blackish. Chelicerae small, anterior cheliceral furrow margin with one denticle. Legs yellow-brown, tibia and metatarsus darker. Opisthosoma unicoloured dark brown, brighter more rarely. Body length male: 1.9-2.2 mm
Body length female: 1.9-2.2 mm

Additional information

in moss and leaf layer of moderately humid forests, up to 1300 m

Frequency: Widely distributed

Character states from linyphiid key

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2018): Europe, Caucasus, Russia

Phenology



Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Figures

Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)

Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)

Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1956)

Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Habitus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)

Epigyne
(Wiehle 1956)

Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

References

Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152

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

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

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Pantini P, Isaia M (2017) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version May 2017). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94

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

Wiehle H (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, X. 28: Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337

World Spider Catalog (2018) World Spider Catalog, version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (15.07.2018) doi: 10.24436/2

Agyneta conigera (O. P.-Cambridge, 1863)