Family Dictynidae
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Six eyes | ||||||||||
| - | Eight eyes | ||||||||||
| 2 (1) |
Tibial apophysis of the male palp ± as long as the cymbium; entrance ducts of the vulva forming large loops |
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| - | Different | ||||||||||
| 3 (2) |
Conductor of the pedipalpus much larger than cymbium; epigyne without distinct groove |
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| 4 (3) |
Legs with long bent trichobothria and strong, bent spines; if there are only short spines present, then pedipalp and vulva as in fig.; very small species (maximal body length 1.8 mm) |
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| - | Different | ||||||||||
| 5 (4) |
Diameter of the anterior median eyes much smaller than diameter of the other eyes | ||||||||||
| - | All eyes approximately equal in size | ||||||||||
| 6 (5) |
Body length up to 2.5 mm; prosoma as fig. |
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| - | Body length 5 to 7 mm; metatarsus I with 3 pairs of long, ventral spines; spinnerets as fig.; eyes as fig. |
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| 7 (5) |
Metatarsus and tarsus with several trichobothria (rarely only one); prosoma dorsally with several dark bristles | ||||||||||
| - | Metatarsus and tarsus with one or without trichobothrium; prosoma dorsally with 3 or more rows of white hairs | ||||||||||
| 8 (7) |
Tarsi and metatarsi with 3 trichobothria; prosoma long, frontally bulged |
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| - | Tarsi and metatarsi with 1 or 2 trichobothria | ||||||||||
| 9 (8) |
Pedipalp with lobe-shaped apophysis; epigyne and prosoma as figs. |
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| - | Different | ||||||||||
| 10 (7) |
Cribellum divided into two parts by a ridge | ||||||||||
| - | Cribellum undivided | ||||||||||
| 11 (10) |
Body very dark, mostly black | ||||||||||
| - | Body yellowish, bright grey or green | ||||||||||
| 12 (10) |
The thin embolus originates basally at the inner margin of bulbus, tapering bristle-like, and forming a loop at the end of bulbus, reaching to conductor; epigyne shows anterior to the epigastric furrow two dark receptacula, close to each other |
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| - | Different | ||||||||||
| 13 (12) |
Broad black embolus originating basally at the inner ridge of the bulbus; tibia of the male pedipalp much longer than wide, cylindrical, slightly bent; basal apophysis very short; epigyne with 2 wide grooves, separated by ridges |
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| - | Different |
Pedipalp
Epigyne
| 1 | Chaerea |
| 2 | Devade |
| 3 | Marilynia |
| 4 | Mizaga |
| 5 | Scotolathys |