Mecynargus morulus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
Description
Tibial apophysis with 2 pointed, pliers-like processes. Prosoma yellow-brown to dark brown, vague radial stripes and margin darker. Male: ± uniformly descending toward posterior end. Legs yellow-brown, tinged with black. Opisthosoma black.
Body length male: 1.7 mmBody length female: 1.7-2.0 mm
Additional information
In higher mountainous regions, missing in the lowland
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1980a)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1965a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wiehle 1965a)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1965a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolus
(Wiehle 1965a)
Palpal tibia
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Roberts 1987)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1965a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1965a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Book lungs
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Thaler 1980a)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1965a)
Chelicera, frontal view
(Wiehle 1965a)
Distribution List
References
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