Rugathodes instabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)
Description
Prosoma light yellow-brown with dark median band, reaching from posterior end to eye region. Sternum yellowish. Chelicerae light brown, male: very long, with large conical tooth. Legs yellow-brown, unicoloured, rarely darkened on joints. Opisthosoma yellowish brown, dorsally with large brown spot, a longitudinal band, or unicoloured.
Body length male: 2-3 mmBody length female: 2-3 mm
Additional information
In high vegetation of humid forests and meadows
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)
Tip of pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Tip of pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Wiehle 1937)
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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Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Naumova M, Blagoev G, Deltshev D (2021) Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 4984: 228-257
Pajunen T, Väisänen R A (2015) First records of spiders (Araneae) Baryphyma gowerense (Locket, 1965) (Linyphiidae), Entelecara flavipes (Blackwall, 1834) (Linyphiidae) and Rugathodes instabilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) (Theridiidae) in Finland. Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 91: 44-50
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Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
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Szinetár C, Kovács P (2013) Pókfaunisztikai vizsgálatok a szentbékkállai Fekete-hegyen [The arachnological results of the 5th Hungarian Biodiversity Day at Fekete Hill (Balaton Uplands)]. Folia Musei Historico-Naturalis Bakonyiensis 29: 65-72
Wiehle H (1937) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, VIII. 26: Familie Theridiidae oder Haubennetzspinnen (Kugelspinnen). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 33: 119-222
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2