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

Mughiphantes styriacus (Thaler, 1984)

Description
Paracymbium with distally furcated terminal branch, basal branch with cone-shaped tooth. Epigyne with very small stretcher. Prosoma brown-yellow. Legs brown-yellow. Opisthosoma blackish with vague spots. Body length male: 2.5-2.7 mm
Body length female: 2.7-3.2 mm
Additional information
high alpine species, Northeast Alps
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Austria
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Austria   (Kropf & Horak, 1996) |||
References

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin pdf

Kropf C, Horak P (1996) Die Spinnen der Steiermark (Arachnida, Araneae). Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark Sonderheft: 1-112 pdf

Thaler K (1984c) Weitere Lepthyphantes-Arten der mughi-Gruppe aus den Alpen (Arachnida: Aranei, Linyphiidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 91: 913-924 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