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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Mansuphantes  Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996   12 species

Mansuphantes arciger (Kulczyński, 1882)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011494

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Description

Paracymbium with tooth on transverse branch, located approximately in the middle, therefore clearly visible from lateral. Epigyne with strongly developed epigynal plate, surrounds scapus collar-like. Prosoma yellow-brown, with vague median spot, posterior part black margined. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey-brown.

Body length male: 1.6-2.1 mm
Body length female: 1.6-2.1 mm
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Eastern Alps and Carpathians
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Germany to Ukraine
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1965a)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1965a)

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male Pedipalp
(Wunderlich 1985d)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kulczyński 1915)

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male Embolic division
(Wiehle 1965a)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Kulczyński 1915)

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female Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Wiehle 1965a)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1965a)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1965a)

Distribution List
Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Ukraine   (Gnelitsa, 2004b) |||
References

Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 pdf

Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.

Gnelitsa V A (2004b) [Preliminary data on spiders of the family Linyphiidae of the Vyzhnitsky National Nature Park (Carpathians, Ukraine)]. Nature Reserves in Ukraine 10: 86-89 pdf

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

Kulczyński W (1915) Fragmenta arachnologica, XVIII. Bulletin International de l'Academie des Sciences de Cracovie 1915: 897-942 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

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 pdf

Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107 pdf

Wiehle H (1965a) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Spinnenfauna IV. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 41: 11-57 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

Wunderlich J (1985d) Lepthyphantes pseudoarciger n. sp. und verwandte Arten der Lepthyphantes pallidus-Gruppe (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 66: 115-118 pdf

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