Maro minutus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1907
Description
Male palp with distally bipartite lamella characteristica. Prosoma light yellow to whitish grey, eye region suffused with black. Sternum and chelicerae very bright yellowish. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma very bright yellowish or grey.
Body length male: 1-1.4 mmBody length female: 1-1.5 mm
Additional information
in moss and litter layer of humid forests and bogs, up to 2450 m
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1983a)
Pedipalp
(Saaristo 1971)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica
(Saaristo 1971)
Epigyne
(Saaristo 1971)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1956)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Eyes, frontal view
(Saaristo 1971)
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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