Anyphaena accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802)
Description
Male
Colour of female yellow to middle brown. Prosoma with black, serrated lateral bands. Legs yellow-brown to black, vaguely marbled, stronger accentuated in males, with scopula. Femur yellow. Opisthosoma pale yellow to pink-brown, with 2 pairs of angled, black median spots and lots of small black dots. Pedipalp with brushes of stridulating hairs, tibial apophysis hook-like, with pointed tip.
Body length male: 4.0-7.0 mmFemale
Epigyne longitudinal, approximately as long as wide.
Body length female: 5.0-9.0 mmAdditional information
Mainly on tree trunks and in crowns of deciduous trees, also in shrubbery and on conifers. Hides in retreat consisting of spun leaves during the day, containing also cocoon, hunts prey during the night.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brændegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Růžička 2001)
Pedipalp
(Urones et al. 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Miller 1967)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Reimoser 1937)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Urones et al. 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Palpal tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Epigyne
(Brændegaard 1966)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Reimoser 1937)
Epigyne
(Růžička 2001)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Urones et al. 1995)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva
(Reimoser 1937)
Vulva
(Růžička 2001)
Vulva
(Weiss 1988)
Vulva
(Weiss 1988)
Vulva
(Urones et al. 1995)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Habitus
(Murphy & Murphy 2000)
Habitus
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Habitus
(Urones et al. 1995)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Murphy & Murphy 2000)
Tarsus
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Roberts 1995)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Habitus
(Dahl 1937)
Habitus, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
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.
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