Illustrated key and survey of the
Anicius
species
Habitus
Chelicera
Palp
RTA
Epigyne
Vulva
leg
Illustration
Foto
MALES
Body
+
Markings
dark or bright vertical stripes
Labium
+
Length
longer than wide
Tegulum
+
Shape of proximal half
proximal tegulum lobe as such absent
proximal tegulum lobe absent
Embolus
+
Shape
short chisel-like
Opisthosoma
+
Surface
with iridescent scale hairs
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
North America
FEMALES
Body
+
Markings
dark or bright vertical stripes
Labium
+
Length
longer than wide
Opisthosoma
+
Surface
with iridescent scale hairs
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
North America
Anatomical/Morphological characters are used conforming to the Spider Anatomy Ontology whenever possible (Ramírez & Michalik 2019 – Diversity 11: 1–9.)
accessible through
ONTOBEE
The Key ist very fragmentic at the moment and only some genera like
Corythalia
show all possibilities of the matrix based key. Possibly a future project to add traits for genera and species for more taxa - system is ready for that ;-).