Gnaphosa lucifuga (Walckenaer, 1802)
Description
Male palp lighter than body colour. Embolus robust, runs along ± the whole inner side of cymbium. Epigyne with very broad scapus, touching bar-like protrusions of lateral epigynal margins. Prosoma dark red-brown to black-brown, eye region darker. Chelicerae darker than prosoma. Legs lighter than prosoma. Opisthosoma dark red-brown to black-brown.
Body length male: 10.5-14.9 mmBody length female: 12.1-18.7 mm
Additional information
in sunny dry meadows, rock steppes and heathland, under stones during the day
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tuneva & Esyunin 2003a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Esyunin & Tuneva 2020)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grimm 1985)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Embolar base
(Esyunin & Tuneva 2020)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Esyunin & Tuneva 2020)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Epigyne
(Esyunin & Tuneva 2020)
Epigyne
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Esyunin & Tuneva 2020)
Epigyne
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Grimm 1985)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Scape, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva, ventral view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Vulva, posterior view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Grimm 1985)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Distribution List
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