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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Tapinopa  Westring, 1851   3 species

Tapinopa disjugata Simon, 1884

Description

Cymbium with pointed, conical process. Prosoma darkened, with bright median band extending to petiolus. Sternum blackish. Legs annulated. Opisthosoma dorsally with 4 glasses-shaped transverse bands, medially narrowed on whitish ground, ventrally blackish.

Body length male: 3.2-3.6 mm
Body length female: 2.9-3.6 mm
Additional information

Under stones in deep litter layer of forests, apparent preference for humidity

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Algeria, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia)
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Algeria   (Bosmans, 2006a; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| France   (Thaler, 1983b; Le Peru, 2007) ||| France / Corsica   (Thaler, 1983b; Le Peru, 2007) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Bosmans & Colombo, 2015; Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Hernández-Corral et al., 2025) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Bosmans R (2006a) Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XI. Miscellaneous linyphiid genera and additions (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 141: 125-161 pdf

Bosmans R, Colombo M (2015) New species of spiders from Sardinia (Araneae), with ecological notes on Lipocrea epeiroides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Araneae: Araneidae). Arachnology 16: 319-332 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Hernández-Corral J, Barrientos J A, García-Teba J P (2025) Nuevos datos sobre las arañas (Arachnida: Araneae) del Parc Natural del Carrascal de la Font Roja (Alicante, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 46: 51-75 pdf

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Thaler K (1983b) Über Tapinopa disjugata Simon (1884) (Arachnida: Aranei, Linyphiidae). Archives des Sciences, Genève 36: 461-468 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
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