Oedothorax fuscus (Blackwall, 1834)
Description
Male palp with distinctly stepped tip of bulbal apophysis. Tibial apophysis with a blunt and a straight, pointed process. Epigynal plate wider than long. Prosoma brown to orange-brown, male: slightly elevated behind eyes. Legs yellow-orange to brown. Opisthosoma grey, dorsally with brighter longitudinal stripes.
Body length male: 2-2.3 mmBody length female: 2.1-3 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia
(Roberts 1987)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Prosoma
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Alderweireldt 1992a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Růžička 1978)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Vulva
(Roberts 1987)
Vulva
(Roberts 1987)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Růžička 1978)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Růžička 1978)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Růžička 1978)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
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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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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