Mughiphantes pulcher (Kulczyński, 1881)
Description
Male palp with rhombic lamella, distally with 2 convergent denticles. Paracymbium simple, outer margin with robust tooth, terminal branch with small lateral lobe. Epigyne with laterally rounded scapus, 1.3 times wider median than at base. Prosoma yellow-brown, darkened medially and laterally. Legs yellow-brown, light. Opisthosoma whitish with black pattern.
Body length male: 2.2-3.5 mmBody length female: 2.2-3.5 mm
Additional information
above 1000 m, in special habitats (stony debris, caves) also in lower sites
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Thaler & Plachter 1983)
Pedipalp
(Thaler & Plachter 1983)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 1983c)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deltshev 1983c)
Lamella characteristica
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Paracymbium
(Thaler & Plachter 1983)
Paracymbium
(Wunderlich 1985a)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne/vulva, aboral view
(Thaler 1983a)
Epigyne/vulva
(Thaler 1983a)
Vulva
(Miller & Polenec 1975a)
Vulva
(Deltshev 1983c)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Miller & Polenec 1975a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Deltshev 1983c)
Distribution List
References
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Thaler K (1983a) Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Nordtirol (Österreich) und Nachbarländern: Deckennetzspinnen, Linyphiidae (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 63: 135-167
Thaler K (1995) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 5. Linyphiidae 1: Linyphiinae (sensu Wiehle) (Arachnida: Araneida). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 82: 153-190
Thaler K, Plachter H (1983) Spinnen aus Höhlen der Fränkischen Alb, Deutschland (Arachnida: Araneae: Erigonidae, Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 63: 249-263
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1985a) Lepthyphantes pulcheroides n. sp. aus Nord-Italien (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 65: 321-323
Updates
| 03-10-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 03-09-2015 | Image insert |