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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Lepthyphantes  Menge, 1866   58 species

Lepthyphantes messapicus Caporiacco, 1939

Description
Male

Male unknown.

Female

Prosoma length: 1.9 mm.

Body length female: 5 mm
Additional information

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Figures
Distribution List
Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

Caporiacco L di (1939) Aracnidi cavernicoli delle Puglie. Le Grotte d'Italia, Trieste (2a) 3: 43-47 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

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

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03-09-2015 Image insert