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
"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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Updates
| 09-01-2024 | Distribution update | Detail |
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