Euophrys rufibarbis (Simon, 1868)
Description
Male
Prosoma dorsally light orange, cephalic part black, sloping sides darker at the margin. Reversed Y-shaped light band going from fovea posteriad. Opisthosoma with white hairs, dorsally light with dark chevron pattern, ventrally darker.
Body length male: 3.4-4.4 mmFemale
Prosoma dorsally orange-brown with dark brown head plate and black eye region. Opisthosoma dorsally dark brown with lines of yellow dots, two white transversal bands in anterior third, posteriorly with 4 ventrad oriented spots of white spatulate hairs and median double longitudinal bands.
Body length female: 3.7-4.9 mmAdditional information
Fig. of Hansen sub E. terrestris (after Lissner 2016c)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne/vulva
(Hansen 1986)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Metzner 1999)
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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Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
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