Illustrated key and survey of the
Festucula
species
Habitus
Chelicera
Palp
RTA
Epigyne
Vulva
leg
Illustration
Foto
MALES
Body
+
Markings
dark or bright vertical stripes
basic colouring bright
Chelicera
+
Base furrow teeth number promarginal
2 teeth
Labium
+
Length
longer than wide
Embolus
+
Base position
in prolateral half (or, depending on the size, prolateral 2/3, 3/4, etc.) of tegulum, but not reaching the prolateral margin; at distal section
Arising point
11 o´clock-position
Shape
short chisel-like
General structure
short, between 1/3 and 1/2 the width of tegulum
Legs
+
Leg formula
1-4-2-3
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
Afrika
Middle East
FEMALES
Body
+
Markings
dark or bright vertical stripes
basic colouring bright
Chelicera
+
Base furrow teeth number promarginal
2 teeth
Labium
+
Length
longer than wide
Legs
+
Leg formula
1-4-2-3
1-4-3-2
Distribution
+
Geographical Distribution
Afrika
Middle East
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 ;-).