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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Lepthyphantes  Menge, 1866   58 species

Lepthyphantes gadesi Fage, 1931

Description
Male

Male unknown.

Female

Prosoma, sternum and legs reddish brown. Opisthosoma greyish.

Body length female: 2.3 mm
Additional information

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Spain   (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

Fage L (1931) Araneae, 5e série, précédée d'un essai sur l'évolution souterraine et son déterminisme. In Biospeologica, LV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 71: 99-291 pdf

Hormiga G, Ribera C (1990) Sobre tres especies cavernícolas del género Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) de la Península Ibérica (Lepthyphantes gadesi Fage, 1931; L. fagei Machado, 1939 y L. bidentatus n. sp.). Revue Arachnologique 9: 35-47 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
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