Dipoena nigroreticulata (Simon, 1880)
Description
Embolus with a ± right angled bend. Epigyne with groove, far anterior to epigastric furrow. Vulva with entrance ducts in loops. Prosoma yellow-brown, bright, male: very high. Sternum yellow-brown. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs yellow, short and robust, partly with dark ring distally. Opisthosoma black-brown, sometimes with bright spots.
Body length male: 2-3 mmBody length female: 2-3 mm
Additional information
In warm places in forest edges and hedges, on bark and in canopy region
Frequency: Very rarely found
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Finch 1999)
Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus, dorso-lateral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Finch 1999)
Epigyne
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva
(Miller 1967)
Vulva
(Miller 1967)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Miller 1967)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Miller 1967)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Miller 1967)
Distribution List
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). [N.B.: few records from this paper are not taken over and not commented] Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Finch O-D (1999) Erstnachweis von Dipoena nigroreticulata (Simon, 1879) in Deutschland (Araneae, Theridiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 18: 66-70
Fjellberg A (unpubl.)
Helsdingen P J van, IJland S (2015) A quick scan of the spider fauna in the surroundings of Përmet, Albania (Arachnida, Araneae) - preliminary report. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 35: 15-33
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Miller F (1967) Studien über die Kopulationsorgane der Spinnengattung Zelotes, Micaria, Robertus und Dipoena nebst Beschreibung einiger neuen oder unvollkommen bekannten Spinnenarten. Přírodovědné práce ústavů Československé Akademie Věd v Brně (N.S.) 1: 251-298
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
WSC (2021) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (03.01.2021) doi: 10.24436/2