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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Mughiphantes  Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1999   28 species

Mughiphantes varians (Kulczyński, 1882)

Description

Prosoma yellow-brown, median and lateral part darker. Legs yellow-brown. Metatarsus I: trichobothrium at 0.5. Opisthosoma spotted.

Body length male: 2.3-3.5 mm
Body length female: 2.3-3.5 mm
Additional information

Upper and Lower Tatra

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Poland, Slovakia
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) |||
References

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 pdf

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 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
03-10-2025 Distribution update Detail