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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Lepthyphantes  Menge, 1866   58 species

Lepthyphantes brignolianus Deltshev, 1979

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011114

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Description

Prosoma yellow-brown, eyes well-developed. Legs yellowish.

Body length male: 2.1-2.5 mm
Body length female: 2.9 mm
Additional information

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Crete)
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1971e)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1971e)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1971e)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 1979)

species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deltshev 1979)

species

male Embolic division, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1971e)

species

male Embolic division, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)

species

male Eyes, frontal view
(Deltshev 1979)

species

male Chelicera, posterior view
(Deltshev 1979)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)

species

female Epigyne, lateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)

species

female Epigyne, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Deltshev 1979)

species

female Epigyne, lateral view
(Deltshev 1979)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Deltshev 1979)

species

female Chelicera, posterior view
(Deltshev 1979)

Distribution List
Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Brignoli P M (1971e) Su alcuni Leptyphantes di Creta (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 7: 231-241 pdf

Deltshev C D (1979) A contribution to the study of cave spiders (Araneae) in Greece. Four new species (Araneae, Nesticidae, Linyphiidae) from the islands of Crete and Thera. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 13: 53-63 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, 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 (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
05-12-2024 Distribution update Detail
05-02-2015 Image insert
22-10-2013 Image insert
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