Pellenes epularis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Description
Male
Prosoma dorsally brown with black margin with white hairs. Head plate a bit darker, eye field black. Opisthosoma dorsally brown with light puncturing and light sandy hairs, medially and laterally with continuous wide, white band. Palp: Femoral apophysis with three edges, distally truncated. Cymbium dorsally with small lateral projection.
Body length male: 2.9-3.5 mmFemale
Slightly larger than males but of similar colouration. Epigyne with central pocket.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Metzner 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Schäfer 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Schäfer 2020)
Cymbium, frontal view
(Cantarella & Alicata 2002)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Cantarella & Alicata 2002)
Habitus
(Metzner 1999)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wesołowska 2006)
Epigyne
(Schäfer 2020)
Distribution List
References
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