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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Poeciloneta  Kulczynski, 1894   1 species

Poeciloneta variegata  (Blackwall, 1841)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012400

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Description
Cymbium with denticle-bearing hump. Bulbus with forked apophysis. Epigyne with broad, red-brown scapus. Prosoma brown, with black margin and fine black lines around eye region and fovea. Sternum brown, with black margin. Chelicerae yellow-brown, with robust denticles on cheliceral furrow margin. Legs yellow-brown, darkly annulated. Opisthosoma elevated, with variable pattern (black longitudinal stripes and white spots on grey ground), ventral side always brighter. Body length male: 2-2.3 mm
Body length female: 2.5-3 mm
Additional information
in herbaceous layer and on lower twigs, in low mountain range woodland
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2019): North America, Europe, Russia (European to Far East), China
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1998)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1956)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Leg I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Femur I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Tibia I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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Habitus
(Wiehle 1956)

References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)

Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org

Lissner J, Jensen J-K, Hansen L J, Simonsen W, Kelduni R, Nissen K (2016b) An updated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Faroe Islands. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 197-240 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British Spiders 2. Ray Soc London

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94 pdf

Roberts M J (1995) Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins Field Guide Bath

Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion Natuur Baarn, Netherlands

Wiehle H (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, X. 28: Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337

World Spider Catalog (2018) World Spider Catalog, version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (15.07.2018) doi: 10.24436/2

Updates
24-06-2014 Image insert
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