Endeis spinosa (Montagu 1808)

Figure 38.Endeidae; A, B: Endeis charybdaea, male, dorsal view; scales 3 mm and 1 mm, respectively; C, D: Endeis spinosa, male, dorsal view; scales 1 mm and 500 µm, respectively.

Figure 41.Endeis spinosa, male; A: Dorsal view, abdomen lost due to preparation; scale 1 mm; B: Dorsal view of trunk; scale 400 µm; C: Dorsal view of proboscis; scale 200 µm; D: Tip of proboscis with few spines around mouth; scale 100 µm; E: Mouth opening; scale 20 µm; F: Cephalon with small protuberances with spine and without chelifores; scale 40 µm.

Figure 42.Endeis spinosa, male; A: Ocular tubercle; scale 100 µm; B: 7-articled oviger; scale 200 µm; C: Small spine on oviger-article 6; scale 10 µm; D: Right lateral process 1 with 2 protuberances; scale 100 µm; E: Right lateral process 3 with 1 protuberance; scale 100 µm; F: Coxa 1 of right 1st leg with 2 protuberances; scale 100 µm; G: Coxa 1 of right 3rd leg with 1 protuberance; scale 100 µm; H: Left 3rd leg; scale 400 µm.

Figure 43.Endeis spinosa, male; A: Lateral view of coxa 2 with genital opening on a protuberance (right 3rd leg); scale 100 µm; B: Genital opening; scale 20 µm; C: Femur with overall about 11 cement glands (left 3rd leg); scale 200 µm; D: Single cement gland; scale 10 µm; E: Tarsus, propodus, and claws (left 3rd leg); scale 200 µm; F: Spine, hair and slit organ on dorsal side of trunk; scale 10 µm.

Figure 44.Endeis spinosa, female; A: Dorsal view of trunk; scale 1 mm; B: Ocular tubercle; scale 100 µm; C: Right lateral process 3 without protuberance; scale 100 µm; D: Coxa 1 of right 3rd leg without protuberance; scale 100 µm; E: Right 3rd leg; scale 1 mm; F: Genital opening on ventral side of coxa 2; scale 40 µm; G: Abdomen; scale 200 µm.

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France, Bretagne, Finistère, Île-Molène, Ar Kastell, W of La Digue, alive at LWST, among rocks and boulders, sampled manually, collected 2021-09-21. Image by Frans Slieker.