Talavera thorelli (Kulczyński, 1891)
Description
Cymbium proximally yellow, with white hairs. Embolic tip slightly bent toward dorsal. Prosoma chestnut-brown, with yellow lateral stripes, eye region darker, dorsally covered with white scales. Sternum yellow-brown. Chelicerae yellow. Legs yellow, annulated with dark brown. Male: leg I anteriorly black. Femur brown. Opisthosoma dorsally grey-brown with light chevrons, ventrally yellow-brown. Spinnerets brown.
Body length male: 1.8-1.9 mmBody length female: 2.1-2.8 mm
Additional information
found in different dry woodland and meadow habitats
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1981c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Żabka 1997)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Żabka 1997)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chvátalová & Buchar 2002)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gack unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Rozwałka & Olbrycht 2017)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Rozwałka & Olbrycht 2017)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Habitus
(Żabka 1997)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne
(Żabka 1997)
Epigyne
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Chvátalová & Buchar 2002)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva
(Żabka 1997)
Vulva
(Logunov & Kronestedt 2003)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Chvátalová & Buchar 2002)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Habitus
(Żabka 1997)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
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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Gack C (unpubl.)
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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