Centromerita bicolor
Size 3.0 to 3.5 mm. Carapace and legs unicolourous brown to dark brown. Male head with a number of forward directed spines, fewer in females. Abdomen brown to dark brown. If brown then the abdomen has the same colour as the carapace and legs. If dark brown then the abdomen is darker than the carapace and legs.
- Tibial spines: 2-2-2-2;
- TmIV: no;
- TmI: 0.40-0.53.
Identification of this species requires microscopic examination of the genitalia of mature specimens.
Occurs in a wide range of habitats, including grasslands, heathland, bog, hedgerows, wasteland and allotments, but perhaps especially in improved and disturbed grasslands and other places with areas of open ground.
All year.
Common.
Common.
AJ Cann
Cribbs Meadow
14 June 2020
AJ Cann
Washbrook
24 March 2020
AJ Cann
Washbrook
24 March 2020
Chelicerae
AJ Cann
Ingarsby Hollow
17 November 2020
palp
AJ Cann
Washbrook
24 March 2020
Epigyne
AJ Cann
Washbrook
24 March 2020
Vulva
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Spiders
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Araneae
- Family:
- Linyphiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 24/03/2020 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 17/11/2020 (Cann, Alan)
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