Male palp with large spermal porus. Bulbus ventrally with protuberance. Embolus with 2 projections on tip. Epigyne not sclerotised. Prosoma yellow-brown, dark, surface granulated. Tibia I-II with 4 pairs. Metatarsus I-II and patella I-II with 2 pairs of robust spines. Opisthosoma yellow to brown, provided with long hairs, dorsal scuticula brown.
Body length male: 2 mmProbably occasionally mixed up with I. peltifer (Saaristo, 2010: 120).
Imported from tropical areas 100 years ago and now established in greenhouses. This species of SE-Asian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.
"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.
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