Drapetisca socialis (Sundevall, 1833)
Description
Cymbium with processes. Paracymbium large and angular, next to it a bent apophysis. Epigyne red-brown with broad scapus. Prosoma light yellow greenish with dark median stripe, furcated behind head region. Margin dark, dark spots along radial stripes. Sternum light yellow, with brownish margin. Chelicerae long with robust spines and teeth. Legs light yellow, vaguely annulated. Opisthosoma light grey, whitish or greenish with irregular, dark pattern.
Body length male: 3.5-4 mmBody length female: 3.5-5.2 mm
Additional information
Frequent species on bark, also on forest ground for a short period in late autumn
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Trotta & Cherubini 2017)
Epigyne
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Leg I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Wiehle 1956)
Chelicerae, frontal 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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Fjellberg A (unpubl.)
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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