Xysticus cor Canestrini, 1873
Description
Male
Male palp with characteristic tegular apophyses. Median apophysis with 2 branches on short shaft. Lateral apophysis horizontal, tip bent upwards. Female palp with robust spines. Tibial apophysis with short shaft and bevelled right-angled terminal part of median apophysis. The other apophysis originates retrolaterally, long and slender in ventral view, small and blunt in lateral view. Embolus slender, borders bulbus belt-like.
Prosoma dark brown to black and contrast-rich bright white or unicoloured brown, with white V- to heart-shaped pattern. Sternum brown, beige or yellow-brown and partly with cream-coloured spots. Chelicerae frontally with one spine on each. Legs I and II brown, legs III and IV slightly darker, partly with cream-coloured spots. Opisthosoma slightly brighter than prosoma (in female grey) with whitish to yellowish margin, 4 white spots that are partly connected by a transverse band. Spinnerets grey.
Female
Epigyne characteristically heart-shaped. Vulva with narrow entrance ducts that are laterally bent and strongly broadened. With broad, large receptacula.
Body length female: 4.2-4.3 mmAdditional information
Scattered in xerothermic locations.
The taxonomy around X. cor and X. nubilus still needs a revision (Jantscher 2001a: 92).
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pesarini unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Epigyne
(Jantscher 2001a)
Epigyne
(Jantscher 2001a)
Vulva
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Vulva
(Thaler & Noflatscher 1990)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Jantscher 2001a)
Distribution List
References
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Updates
| 09-11-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 08-05-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-03-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 19-01-2021 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-02-2019 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 14-06-2016 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 09-10-2014 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 15-10-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |