Tenuiphantes mengei (Kulczyński, 1887)
Description
Male palp with sickle-shaped tip of lamella. Epigyne with gradually broadened, medially deeply incised visible part of scapus. Prosoma brown-black. Chelicerae with robust stridulatory organ on the outside. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma light brown with dark pattern.
Body length male: 1.5-2.5 mmBody length female: 1.6-2.5 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Paracymbium
(Roberts 1987)
Paracymbium
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Basal tooth of paracymbium
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia and paracymbium
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, lateral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Chelicerae, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Tibia IV, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Palmgren 1975)
References
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Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British Spiders 2. Ray Soc London
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders 3. Ray Soc London
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Palmgren P (1975) Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens VI. Fauna Fenn 28: 1-102
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Pantini P, Sassu A, Serra G (2013) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida Araneae) of Sardinia. Biodiversity Journal 4: 3-104
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester
Staudt A, Weber D, Nährig D (2013) Webspinnen (Arachnida, Araneae) aus Höhlen des Grossherzogtums Luxemburgs. Ferrantia 69: 115-157
World Spider Catalog (2018) World Spider Catalog, version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (15.07.2018) doi: 10.24436/2