Incestophantes crucifer (Menge, 1866)
Description
Paracymbium with small, pointed process on terminal part. Epigyne transverse oval with narrow median part. Process of anterior epigynal plate narrow, triangular, transversely truncated posteriorly. Prosoma light yellow, with black-brown margin and median stripe. Sternum brown, with darker margin. Chelicerae yellowish, female: anterior cheliceral furrow margin with 3, posterior margin with 5 denticles. Male: anterior and posterior cheliceral furrow margin with 2 denticles.. Legs light yellow, annulated with black-brown. Opisthosoma dorsally with white spots and dark pattern (transverse stripes), ventrally brownish with white spots.
Body length male: 2.2-2.7 mmBody length female: 2.2-2.7 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)
Pedipalp
(Thaler et al. 1994)
Pedipalp
(Thaler et al. 1994)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Gnelitsa 2009b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gnelitsa 2009b)
Pedipalp, mesal view
(Gnelitsa 2009b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica
(Seyfulina 2019)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1956)
Epigyne
(Thaler et al. 1994)
Epigyne, aboral view
(Thaler et al. 1994)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Gnelitsa 2009b)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Gnelitsa 2009b)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Gnelitsa 2009b)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Seyfulina 2019)
Epigyne
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)
Epigyne, variation
(Gnelitsa 2009b)
Epigyne, variation
(Gnelitsa 2009b)
Epigyne, variation
(Gnelitsa 2009b)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)
Vulva
(Gnelitsa 2009b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Leg I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
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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Updates
| 29-09-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
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