Oedothorax gibbosus
Males: 2.0 to 2.3 mm. Females: 2.4 to 3.2 mm. Prosoma brown, radial stripes and margin darker. Male: with high, rounded hump, anteriorly with bipartite, densely bristled groove (gibbosus-form) or with broad-conical hump (tuberosus-form). Legs yellow-orange. Opisthosoma black-grey.
- Tibial spines: 2-2-1-1
- TmIV: yes
- TmI: 0.63-0.71
Confirmation of this species requires examination of the genitalia of mature specimens.
Bogs, marshes, wet meadows and other saturated habitats.
All year with a peak in early summer.
Widespread in England and Wales.
Widespread in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Narborough Bog
28 May 2020
AJ Cann
Owston Woods
26 May 2020
AJ Cann
Narborough Bog
28 May 2020
Palp
AJ Cann
Narborough Bog
28 May 2020
Palp tibia
AJ Cann
Owston Woods
26 May 2020
epigyne
AJ Cann
Cossington Meadows
07 May 2021
form gibbosus
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Linyphiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 26/05/2020 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 19/09/2022 (Cann, Alan)
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