Megalepthyphantes collinus (L. Koch, 1872)
Description
Male palp with sickle-shaped lamella characteristica. Epigyne with visible part of scapus wider than long. Prosoma dark red-brown with lateral stripes. Legs red-brown, annulated with brown. Opisthosoma grey-brown with black spots.
Body length male: 3-5.5 mmBody length female: 3-5.5 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Saaristo 1997a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Saaristo 1997a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Höfer et al. 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Höfer et al. 2019)
Epigyne
(Saaristo 1997a)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Saaristo 1997a)
Epigyne
(Staręga 1972)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Staręga 1972)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Bosmans 1985a)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Bosmans 1985a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans 1985a)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Berry T (2020) Megalepthyphantes on the move. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 147(S.R.S. News 96): 6 
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Bosmans R (1985a) Les genres Troglohyphantes Joseph et Lepthyphantes Menge en Afrique du Nord (Araneae, Linyphiidae): Etudes sur les Linyphiidae nord-africaines, III. Revue Arachnologique 6: 135-178
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Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Höfer H, Meyer F, Bauer T, Bayer S, Harry I, Kastner L (2019) Überraschende Erstnachweise und neue Daten zu seltenen Spinnenarten (Arachnida: Araneae) aus Blockhalden in Baden-Württemberg. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 58: 62-84
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Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
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Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Saaristo M I (1997a) Description of Megalepthyphantes pseudocollinus, n. sp. (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Micronetinae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 257-259
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Staręga W (1972) Nowe dla fauny Polski i rzadsze gatunki pajakow (Aranei), z opisem Lepthyphantes milleri sp. n.. Fragmenta Faunistica 18: 55-98
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2