Emargidromus emarginatus (Schrank, 1803)
Description
Male
Lateral tibial apophysis distally broad and ending blunt. Prosoma grey-reddish, vague, washy spotted, basic colour often tinged with red. Opisthosoma grey-reddish, vague, washy spotted, basic colour often suffused with red.
Body length male: 5-6 mmFemale
Epigyne: posterior margin of the atrium rounded and thickened.
Body length female: 5-7.2 mmAdditional information
Often on the low twigs of conifers and on small bushes
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov & Huseynov 2008)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ono & Martens 2005)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ono & Martens 2005)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Simon 1932)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Lecigne et al. 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Breitling 2020)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Logunov & Huseynov 2008)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Logunov & Huseynov 2008)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Logunov & Huseynov 2008)
Tibial apophysis
(Simon 1932)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1951)
Epigyne/vulva
(Song et al. 1999)
Epigyne
(Simon 1932)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Lecigne et al. 2019)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva
(Azheganova 1968)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Lecigne et al. 2019)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Aadland unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
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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