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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Lepthyphantes  Menge, 1866   57 species

Lepthyphantes balearicus  Denis, 1961

Description
Male

Prosoma pale yellow, slightly orange, sometimes suffused with black. Prosoma length: 0.72 mm. Chelicerae pale yellow. Sternum yellow, suffused with brown. Legs yellow-orange or pale yellow. Opisthosoma grey to blackish, dorsum with white bands and lateral spots, and transverse band posteriorly.

Body length male: 1.75 mm
Female

Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 0.80-1.0 mm.

Body length female: 2.20-2.45 mm
Additional information

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain (Balearic Is.)
Phenology
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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.

Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

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

Denis J (1961a) Quelques araignées de Minorque. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 99: 235-243 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
17-09-2015 Image insert