Xysticus chippewa Gertsch, 1953
Description
Male
Retrolateral tibial apophysis broad, blunt. Ventral tibial apophysis oblique; Tegular apophyses close together. Embolus long, slender.
Prosoma greyish white with brown submedian stripes and margins, a pale area separates stripes from margin. Sternum yellow, suffused with brown. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma creamy white, laterally spotted with brown, ventrally pale yellow, spotted with brown.
Body length male: 4.4 mmFemale
Colouration as in male. Vulva with short spermathecae.
Body length female: 3.6-4.4 mmAdditional information
In fens bogs, flood plains or meadows
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dondale et al. 2006)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Dondale et al. 2006)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Dondale et al. 2006)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tegular apophysis
(Dondale et al. 2006)
Tegular apophysis, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Dondale et al. 2006)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Dondale et al. 2006)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
References
Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152 
Dondale C D, Kronestedt T, Buckle D J (2006) Confirmation of the presence of Xysticus chippewa in Europe (Araneae, Thomisidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13: 361-364
Ivanov V V (2013) The checklist of Belarusian spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoology and Ecology 4: 293-311
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2