Agyneta gulosa (L. Koch, 1869)
Description
Male
Male palp with broad, serrated, basal process of lamella characteristica.
Prosoma dark brown, with vague darker radial stripes and margin. Sternum dark brown to black. Chelicerae light brown. Legs yellowish-brown. Opisthosoma dark grey-black.
Body length male: 1.8-2.0 mmFemale
Epigyne with kidney-shaped receptaculum seminis.
Body length female: 1.8-2.0 mmAdditional information
in meadows, in the mountains above 1000 m
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Lee & Merrett 2001)
Pedipalp
(Lee & Merrett 2001)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Cymbium, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Lee & Merrett 2001)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1956)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Lee & Merrett 2001)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral 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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Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
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