Enoplognatha mordax (Thorell, 1875)
Description
Male
Conductor distally with 2 rounded processes. Median apophysis of male palpal 3.5 times as long as wide. Prosoma yellowish, with dark pattern on margin and around fovea. Sternum brown-black. Chelicerae yellowish. Legs yellowish-brown. Opisthosoma dorsally with large, grey folium that is flanked by black and white spots, laterally light grey.
Body length male: 4.0-6.0 mmFemale
Epigyne distinctly wider than long. Posterior margin with process, forward-directed.
Female: ventrally with dark longitudinal stripe, white margined.
Additional information
near ground on sea coasts, occasionally inland
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2006)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2006)
Tip of pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Wiehle 1937)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicera, interior view
(Almquist 2006)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2006)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2006)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2006)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2006)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Habitus
(Wiehle 1937)
Distribution List
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