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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Dipoena  Thorell, 1869   17 species

Dipoena galilaea  Levy & Amitai, 1981

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007387

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Description
Female

Epigynal plate with 2 shallow, sclerotized cups near the epigastric furrow. Vulva: one of the 2 pairs of seminal receptacles is rather large, elongated and constricted apically. Prosoma brown with black markings. Prosoma 0.75-0.8 mm long. Legs yellow, slightly darker at distal articulations. Opisthosoma black, with white pattern dorsally.

Body length female: 1.75-2.1 mm
Additional information

In Quercus forest on slope and moist places with dense vegetation. Altitude 700 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2021): Greece, Cyprus, Israel
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Lissner unpubl.)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lissner unpubl.)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019c)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019c)

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male Pedipalp in detail, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019c)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2019c)

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male Eyes
(Lissner unpubl.)

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male Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Lissner unpubl.)

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male Spinnerets
(Lissner unpubl.)

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male Habitus, dorsal view
(Lissner unpubl.)

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male Habitus, lateral view
(Lissner unpubl.)

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female Epigyne
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)

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female Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)

species

female Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)

species

female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)

species

female Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981a)

Distribution List
Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Greece   (no references) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522 pdf

Levy G, Amitai P (1981a) Spiders of the genera Euryopis and Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Israel. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5: 177-188 pdf

Lissner J (unpubl.)

WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (03.01.2021) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
24-01-2020 Image insert
08-03-2016 Image insert