Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Description
Paracymbium with mostly hook-shaped lateral process. Epigyne with straight or approximately straight posterior margin of epigynal plate. Prosoma yellow-brown. Sternum dark brown to black. Chelicerae yellow-brown, with a small round tubercle next to dorsal tooth of male chelicerae. Female fang with distinct hump near its base. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma dorsally silver, ventrally brown.
Body length male: 6-8 mmBody length female: 7-13 mm
Additional information
Very frequent near water with shadowed banks, on twigs of bushes and trees
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Morano 2020)
Embolus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of conductor
(Tullgren 1947)
Tip of conductor
(Wiehle 1963a)
Tip of conductor, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of conductor, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Sternum
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Azheganova 1968)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1947)
Chelicerae, prolateral view
(Tullgren 1947)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicera, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Tibia I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Azheganova 1968)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Tullgren 1947)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1963a)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morano 2020)
Vulva
(Roberts 1998)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1947)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1963a)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Eyes, frontal view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Azheganova 1968)
Chelicera
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicera
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicera, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicera, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Fang
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia and metatarsus I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, lateral view
(Azheganova 1968)
Eyes, frontal view
(Morano 2020)
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.
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