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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Glyphesis  Simon, 1926   4 species

Glyphesis taoplesius  Wunderlich, 1969

Description

Tibial apophysis with plumose bristles on a hump. Epigyne strongly protruding in lateral view. Prosoma dark grey, median spot, radial stripes and margin darker. Male: tapering frontally. Sternum brown-grey, labium brighter, gnathocoxa yellowish. Chelicerae dark yellow. Legs brown. Opisthosoma dark grey to grey-black.

Body length male: 1-1.3 mm
Body length female: 1-1.3 mm
Additional information

prefers humid conditions, in damp woodland and in moss of bogs

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Russia: a single female, should be verified
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Denmark, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Russia (Urals)
Phenology
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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.

Denmark  Removed (Lissner & Scharff, 2019) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Poland   (Oleszczuk et al., 2011) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin et al., 1998) ||| Serbia   (Grbić et al., 2021) ||| Slovakia   (Énekesová et al., 2011) |||
References

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 pdf

Enekesová E, Sestáková A, Krumpálová Z (2011) A first record of Glyphesis taoplesius (Linyphiidae, Araneae) from Slovakia. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 42: 16-20 pdf

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E, Mazura N S (1998) Remarks on the Ural spider fauna, 10. New records of spider species (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 7: 319-327 pdf

Grbić G, Hänggi A, Krnjajić S (2021) Spiders (Araneae) of Subotica Sandland (Serbia): additional arguments in environmental protection. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 67: 15-61 pdf

Lissner J, Scharff N (2019) Danish Spiders. Formerly online at http://www.danmarks-edderkopper.dk pdf

Loksa I (1981a) Die Bodenspinnen zweier Torfmoore im Oberen Theiss-Gebiet Ungarns. Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest 17-18: 91-106 pdf

Oleszczuk M, Hajdamowicz I, Stańska M (2011) The distribution and habitat preferences of an extremely rare European spider, Glyphesis taoplesius (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Entomologica Fennica 22: 15-20 pdf

Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184 pdf

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 pdf

Wunderlich J (1969) Zur Spinnenfauna Deutschlands, IX. Beschreibung seltener oder bisher unbekannter Arten (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 50: 381-393 pdf

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