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Description of Gonatium rubens
Physical Characteristics
Strongly resembles the other Gonatium species, particularly to Gonatium rubellum. Identification of the species can only be done based on genital characteristics.
Female 2.5 to 3.5 mm.
Abdomen dark reddish brown to gray brown.
Carapace orange to red.
Legs and palps yellow-orange to orange-red.
Male 2.5 to 3 mm.
Markings and colours almost identical to the female.
Habitat
In forests on the ground between undergrowth and in low growing plants.
Distribution
Occurs in the whole of Europe.
Period
All year.