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
"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
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 
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)
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Deltshev C D (1983c) A contribution to the taxonomical and faunistic study of genus Lepthyphantes Menge (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Pirin Mountains. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 23: 25-32
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Miller F, Polenec A (1975a) Centrophantes gen. n. und zwei neue Lepthyphantes Arten aus Slovenien (Chelicerata: Aranea) Věstník Československé Zoologické Společnosti v Praze 39: 126-134
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
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
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 |