Maro sublestus Falconer, 1915
Description
Male
Male palp with lamella characteristica only widened distally, with large irregular prongs. Prosoma yellowish, with fine, darker radial stripes. Sternum yellowish-brown. Chelicerae yellowish-brown. Legs yellowish-brown. Opisthosoma whitish grey.
Body length male: 1.0-1.6 mmFemale
Epigyne distinctly wider than long.
Body length female: 1.0-1.6 mmAdditional information
in moss and litter layer of not too dry woodland
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Holm 1945)
Pedipalp
(Saaristo 1971)
Pedipalp
(Holm 1945)
Pedipalp
(Holm 1945)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp
(Miller 1966)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Fomichev & Koponen 2024)
Lamella characteristica
(Saaristo 1971)
Lamella characteristica
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Holm 1945)
Epigyne
(Miller 1966)
Epigyne
(Saaristo 1971)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Holm 1945)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Fomichev & Koponen 2024)
Vulva
(Holm 1945)
Vulva, ventral view
(Saaristo 1971)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Saaristo 1971)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Eyes, frontal view
(Saaristo 1971)
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
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Fjellberg A (unpubl.) .
Fomichev A A, Koponen S (2024) The first data on subnivean activity of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) in Southwestern Siberia (Russia). Acta Biologica Sibirica 10: 1211-1228
Holm Å (1945) Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Torneträskgebietes. Arkiv för Zoologi 36(A15): 1-80
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Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Miller F (1966) Einige neue oder unvollkommen bekannte Zwergspinnen (Micryphantidae) aus der Tschechoslowakei (Araneidea). Acta entomologica Bohemoslovaca 63: 149-164
Morka G H (unpubl.)
Nekhaeva A A (2020) On the spider fauna (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Kanin Peninsula and Kolguev Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 29: 387-398
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
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
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Saaristo M I (1971) Revision of the genus Maro O. P.-Cambridge (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici 8: 463-482
Scharff N, Gudik-Sørensen O (2006) Katalog over Danmarks edderkopper (Araneae). Catalogue of the spiders of Denmark (Araneae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 74: 3-71
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WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2