Hyptiotes paradoxus (C. L. Koch, 1834)
Description
Bulbus as large as prosoma. Prosoma brown-black, with bright hairs. Female: broad and high. Sternum black. Legs orange-brown, to brown or black, legs I and II especially robust. Metatarsus IV with calamistrum consisting of 30-34 bristles. Opisthosoma orange-brown to red-brown and black, sides sometimes spotted bright (colour very variable). Female: short and oval, with hump in the middle. Male: more cylindrical.
Body length male: 3.5-4 mmBody length female: 5-6 mm
Additional information
Seems to occur only in spruce forests especially in low mountain ranges. Web consisting of 3 sectors of an orb web connected to a signal thread, the spider itself acts as a linkage, on lower twigs of trees (1-2 m height), cocoon (8-22 eggs) on droughty twigs or bark
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Brændegaard 1966)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Drensky 1939)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1953)
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1969)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp and prosoma
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Brændegaard 1966)
Epigyne
(Drensky 1939)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1953)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1969)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne
(Ponomarev et al. 2021b)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1953)
Habitus
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Prosoma
(Roberts 1995)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Loksa 1969)
Calamistrum
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Distribution List
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