Marpissa nivoyi (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Tibial apophysis long. Embolus appearing conical in lateral view. Epigynal groove longer than 1/2 of epigyne length. Prosoma brown, with 2 rows of whitish small hairs, reddish brown in between. Legs I dark brown, II-IV light brown, slightly darkly annulated. Opisthosoma brown-black, with fine, dashed, black lateral line, sometimes with broken black median line, between these lines grey to light brown.
Body length male: 3.6-4.6 mmBody length female: 4.7-6.3 mm
Additional information
On sandy coast areas of Atlantic and North Sea, in Great Britain in swampy areas, in steppe areas
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Brændegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pesarini 1997)
Pedipalp
(Prószyński 1991)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov 1999c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Cymbium, retrolateral view
(Logunov 1999c)
Epigyne
(Brændegaard 1966)
Epigyne
(Prószyński 1991)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Logunov 1999c)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Vulva
(Prószyński 1991)
Vulva
(Logunov 1999c)
Vulva
(Metzner 1999)
Habitus, subadult, dorsal view
(Canestrini 1876)
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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