Cybaeidae: Cryphoeca Thorell, 1870
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Tibia of male pedipalp without retrolaterally / proximally projecting apophysis; retrolateral/distal apophysis short, notched; conductor long; embolus whip-like; females with long, convoluted entrance ducts lichenum-group |
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| - | Tibial of male pedipalp with retrolaterally / proximally projecting apophysis; conductor shorter; females with shorter entrance ducts silvicola-group |
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| 2 (1)
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Male pedipalp with very thin embolus; tibia near base with a robust bipartite apophysis; vulva with convoluted entrance ducts Cryphoeca lichenum L. Koch, 1876 |
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Male pedipalp as fig.; vulva more strongly structured as in lichenum; without pattern, melanistic; males genital morphologically not distinguishable from nominate form lichenum, therefore separated as subspecies Cryphoeca lichenum nigerrima Thaler, 1978 |
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| 3 (1)
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Tibia of male pedipalp wing-like extended anteriorly; terminal part of vulva V-shaped, with short branches Cryphoeca brignolii Thaler, 1980 |
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| - | Thumb-shaped apophysis; epigyne different (females of following species hardly distinguishable with characters of epigyne/vulva, suitable diagnostic characters: pattern, habitat, distribution and males caught in the same place) | |||||||||||||
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Dorso-distal retrolateral apophysis of pedipalp tibia undivided; tibia of male pedipalp with 2 dorsal apophysis; lateral parts of vulva mostly narrower than median parts; uniformly brown species Cryphoeca nivalis Schenkel, 1919 |
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| - | Apophysis divided | |||||||||||||
| 5 (4)
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Apophysis bipartite; male pedipalp with a bipartite ventral tibial apophysis; vulva as fig.; pattern contrast-rich Cryphoeca silvicola (C. L. Koch, 1834) |
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Apophysis tripartite; tibia of male pedipalp with 3 dorsal apophysis; lateral parts of vulva mostly as wide as median parts; unicoloured black species Cryphoeca carpathica Herman, 1879 |
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Vulva
Pedipalp, dorsal view
Further taxa
| 1. Cryphoeca pirini (Drensky, 1921) |
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| 2. Cryphoeca thaleri Wunderlich, 1995 |
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