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 (courtesy of the AMNH), ventral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp (courtesy of the AMNH), ventral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp (courtesy of the AMNH)
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tuneva & Esyunin 2003a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Esyunin & Tuneva 2020)
Embolar base
(Esyunin & Tuneva 2020)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Esyunin & Tuneva 2020)
Epigyne
(Esyunin & Tuneva 2020)
Epigyne (courtesy of the AMNH)
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Esyunin & Tuneva 2020)
Scape, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva (courtesy of the AMNH)
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva, ventral view
(Tullgren 1946)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
References
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