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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Pityohyphantes  Simon, 1929   2 species

Pityohyphantes phrygianus  (C. L. Koch, 1836)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012363

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Description

Male palp with long patellar apophysis. Paracymbium small. Epigyne with large, spoon-shaped scapus. Prosoma grey-brown, with narrow black margin and Y-shaped black median stripe. Sternum yellow, with red-brown margin. Chelicerae brown, anterior claw furrow margin with 3, posterior with 2 teeth. Legs yellow-brown, relatively long, with dark rings. Femur I-IV with blackish spotted ventral side. Opisthosoma light grey, slightly reddish, with broad, laterally indented median stripe. Lateral border red-brown or black, ventrally with dark, white margined median band.

Body length male: 4-6 mm
Body length female: 5-6.7 mm
Additional information

in shadowed forests of low mountain range, sporadically also in the lowlands

Frequency: Frequent

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2019): Europe, Russia to Kazakhstan, Japan
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1987)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1998)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1956)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne
(Lecigne 2018b)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)

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female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Leg I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Femur I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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Habitus
(Wiehle 1956)

References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)

Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152 pdf

Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org

Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 pdf

Lecigne S (2018b) Récits de chasses aranéologiques récentes dans plusieurs départements de France. Redécouverte de Philodromus buchari Kubcová, 2004 (Araneae: Philodromidae) et confirmation de la présence de Theridion harmsi Wunderlich, 2011 (Araneae: Theridiidae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 33: 59-99 pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94 pdf

Pantini P, Sassu A, Serra G (2013) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida Araneae) of Sardinia. Biodiversity Journal 4: 3-104 pdf

Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester

Roberts M J (1995) Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins Field Guide Bath

Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion Natuur Baarn, Netherlands

Wiehle H (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, X. 28: Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337

World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.01.2019) doi: 10.24436/2

Updates
20-09-2018 Image insert
10-07-2013 Image insert
25-06-2013 Distribution update Old value
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