Tapinopa longidens (Wider, 1834)
Description
Male palp with S-like bent, pointed spur on patella. Cymbium with distally bipartite process. Epigyne with narrowed scapus. Prosoma dark brown, male: with long, robust bristles in eye region, anterior median eyes much bigger than remaining eyes. Sternum dark brown, with dark margin. Chelicerae dark brown, short and robust, very long teeth on anterior cheliceral furrow margin. Legs brown, vaguely annulated, short and robust. Opisthosoma grey, dorsally with 3 pairs of white spots and white transverse bands, ventrally unicoloured, almost black.
Body length male: 3.5-5.0 mmBody length female: 4.1-5.3 mm
Additional information
frequently on the ground in sunny and dry forest edges
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1983b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1983b)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Wiehle 1956)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, aboral view
(Thaler 1983b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Geci et al. 2023)
Vulva, ventral view
(Wiehle 1956)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Femur I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Metatarsus I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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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