Entelecara congenera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879)
Description
Tibial apophysis with tooth on the base of distal process. Epigynal plate distinctly transverse oval, bordered ± semicircularly toward epigynal furrow. Prosoma brown, with dark median spot, eye region and radial stripes. Male: dorsal line rounded, descending posteriorly. Legs yellow-orange. Opisthosoma dark grey to black.
Body length male: 1.7-1.8 mmBody length female: 2-2.25 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Embolus, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)
Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)
Tibial apophysis
(Morka unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Denis 1942)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, ventro-caudal view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, ventro-caudal view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, ventro-caudal view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, ventro-caudal view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Epigyne, variation, ventral view
(Denis 1942)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Gnelitsa 2022a)
Distribution List
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