Agyneta saxatilis (Blackwall, 1844)
Description
Male palp with often only slightly bent lamella characteristica. Tibial apophysis bent. Paracymbium with 2 small stout hooks. Epigyne with medially indented anterior margin. Prosoma brown, sometimes darkened with black. Sternum black-brown. Chelicerae yellowish-brown. Legs yellowish-brown. Opisthosoma grey-black.
Body length male: 2.0-2.3 mmBody length female: 2.0-2.3 mm
Additional information
amongst grass and low plants in different habitats
Frequency: less frequent
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Schikora 1993)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Lamella characteristica
(Schikora 1993)
Paracymbium
(Aakra 2000b)
Paracymbium
(Kupryjanowicz et al. 1997)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Schikora 1993)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, antero-ventral view
(Schikora 1993)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Locket 1967)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne, antero-ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Aakra 2000b)
Vulva
(Schikora 1993)
Vulva
(Schikora 1993)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
References
Aakra K (2000b) Agyneta mossica (Schikora, 1993) (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in Norway. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 47: 95-99
Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152 
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
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
Kupryjanowicz J, Stankiewicz A, Hajdamowicz I (1997) Meioneta mossica Schikora 1993 in Poland (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bull Polish Acad Sciences Bio Sciences 45: 41-43
Locket G H (1967) A species of Meioneta new to Britain. Bull Br Spider Study Group 33: 1-2
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British Spiders 2. Ray Soc London
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders 3. Ray Soc London
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
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
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester
Schikora H B (1993) Meioneta mossica sp.n., a new spider close to M. saxatilis (Blackwall) from northern and central Europe. Bull Br Arachnol Soc 9: 157-163
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