Mecopisthes silus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
Description
Male palp with dagger-shaped supporting lamella pointing basally. Embolus long and twisted. Prosoma brown, middle part, radial stripes and margin darker. Male: saddle-like indented. Opisthosoma almost black.
Body length male: 1.4-1.5 mmBody length female: 1.4-1.5 mm
Frequency: Rarely found
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Miller 1966)
Part of embolus
(Millidge 1978)
Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Miller 1966)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Millidge 1978)
Epigyne
(Millidge 1978)
Vulva
(Miller 1966)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Distribution List
References
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Miller F (1966) Einige neue oder unvollkommen bekannte Zwergspinnen (Micryphantidae) aus der Tschechoslowakei (Araneidea). Acta entomologica Bohemoslovaca 63: 149-164
Millidge A F (1978) The genera Mecopisthes Simon and Hypsocephalus n. gen. and their phylogenetic relationships (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 113-123
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Wiehle H (1960a) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: 1-620
WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.01.2022) doi: 10.24436/2