Tenuiphantes cristatus (Menge, 1866)
Description
Palp male: with 3 bristles on tibia. Cymbium with hump on base. Epigyne with shortly stalked scapus. Prosoma brown, with dark margin. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey-white with dark pattern.
Body length male: 2-2.8 mmBody length female: 2-3.5 mm
Additional information
mainly in litter layer of deciduous forests
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Cymbium
(Roberts 1987)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Miller & Zitnanska 1976)
Vulva
(Miller & Zitnanska 1976)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Palmgren 1975)
Tibia IV, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Metatarsus I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
References
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.09.2019) doi: 10.24436/2