araneae - Mughiphantes varians

Mughiphantes varians (Kulczyński, 1882)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011916

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



Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Figures

Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Lamella characteristica
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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

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

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

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