Iberina montana (Blackwall, 1841)
Description
Male palp with 3 black bristles on the outer side of femur (break off easily, but base still visible). Vulva with small, median receptaculum seminis. Distance between primary receptacula seminis smaller than their width. Prosoma yellowish, suffused with black. Opisthosoma dark with vague chevrons.
Body length male: 1.4-2 mmBody length female: 1.4-2 mm
Additional information
in forests, in humid areas in moss and leaf litter
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Harm 1966)
Pedipalp
(Bürgis 1988)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Růžička 2022)
Palpal tibia, patella and femur, lateral view
(Harm 1966)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Růžička 2022)
Pedicel, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Patella and tibia
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Tibia IV, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Bürgis 1988)
Epigyne
(Harm 1966)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Aadland unpubl.)
Vulva
(Bürgis 1988)
Vulva
(Harm 1966)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Růžička 2022)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Hirna & Yanul 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Eyes, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Femur IV, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Patella and tibia
(Loksa 1969)
Habitus
(Bürgis 1988)
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
Aadland B (unpubl.) .
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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