Description

Description. Male. Total length 2.20; carapace: 1.12 long, 0.91 wide; yellow with thin dark border and median longitudinal stripe; sternum: 0.63 long, 0.62 wide, caudally extended between coxae IV, yellow-gray with slightly darker margin; posterior median eyes 0.6 diameter apart, anterior margin of chelicerae with two medium sized teeth, posterior margin with two tiny teeth at the base of the fang; stridulating files distinct. Abdomen yellow with dorsal pattern of two longitudinal rows of gradually diminishing grey blotches which are drawn together caudally. Legs yellow, femur, tibia and metatarsus all with dark ring, tibia darkened distally; spination: FeI – 1 p, TiI – 2 d: 1 p: 1 r, MtI – 1 d; TiII – 2 d: 1 r, MtII – 1 d; TiIII – 2 d and 2 spines (1 p 1 r) at the distal end, MtIII – 1 d; TiIV – 2 d, MtIV – 1 d; position of metatarsal trichobothrium: I – 0.19, II – 0.19, III – 0.18. Palp: see Fig. 2 a-c. Female. General appearance as in the male. Total length 2.75; carapace 1.06 long, 0.81 wide, yellow with dark gray border and median longitudinal stripe; sternum 0.63 long, 0.59 wide, caudally extended between coxae IV, yellow with slightly darker border; posterior median eyes 0.6 diameter apart; anterior margin of chelicerae with three medium sized teeth, posterior margin with four tiny teeth close together; stridulating files indistinct. Epigyne: see Fig. 3 a-c; vulva: see Fig. 3 d.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Order: Araneae

Family: Linyphiidae

Genus: Incestophantes

Species: Incestophantes australis Gnelitsa, 2009