Tetragnatha obtusa C. L. Koch, 1837
Description
Prosoma dark brown, eye region and margin almost black. Sternum brown, with black margin. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma elevated in anterior part, unicoloured greenish with silver shine, rarely with vague darker folium, with bright, silver spots in the range of spinnerets.
Body length male: 4-5.5 mmBody length female: 4.5-7.7 mm
Additional information
on trees and shrubbery, sometimes in tree tops in great quantities, do not require proximity to water
Frequency: Rarely found
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Tip of bulbus, retrolateral view
(Morano 2020)
Embolic division
(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.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Tullgren 1947)
Chelicerae, prolateral view
(Tullgren 1947)
Chelicerae, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicera, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicera, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Leg I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Tullgren 1947)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1963a)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morano 2020)
Vulva
(Roberts 1998)
Vulva
(Tullgren 1947)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1963a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morano 2020)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicera, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Femur I, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia and metatarsus I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1963a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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Updates
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| 15-10-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |
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