Brommella falcigera (Balogh, 1935)
Description
Male palp with characteristic tibial apophysis. Prosoma yellow-brown, eye region blackish. Sternum yellow-brown, with dark margin. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma yellowish brown, sometimes vague chevrons.
Body length male: 1.5 mmBody length female: 2.0 mm
Additional information
On dwarf-shrub in open localities, in dry grassland, bogs and forests.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Braun 1964)
Pedipalp
(Braun 1964)
Pedipalp
(Braun 1964)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lazarov 2009b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lazarov 2009b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Tibial apophysis
(Braun 1963)
Tibial apophysis
(Loksa 1969)
Epigyne
(Braun 1963)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1969)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Lazarov 2009b)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva
(Braun 1963)
Vulva
(Harm 1966)
Vulva
(Loksa 1969)
Vulva, ventral view
(Lazarov 2009b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lazarov 2009b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Almquist 2007)
Calamistrum
(Almquist 2007)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Loksa 1969)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Braun 1963)
Eyes, frontal view
(Miller 1947)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Miller 1947)
Habitus
(Miller 1947)
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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