Canariphantes tenerrimus (Simon, 1929)
Description
Male
Prosoma and legs yellow-brown, sternum darker. Opisthosoma light grey, posterior part with indistinct brown spots.
Body length male: 1.1-1.7 mmFemale
Posterior median eyes surrounded by black rings, forming a short tip posteriorly. Legs light yellow, metatarsi, tarsi and often apical part of tibiae yellow-brown. Opisthosoma black.
Body length female: 1.9-2.0 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch 2011a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Bouragba 1992)
Embolic division
(Tanasevitch 2011a)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Bosmans & Bouragba 1992)
Embolic division
(Breitling 2020)
Lamella characteristica
(Tanasevitch 2011a)
Lamella characteristica, ventral view
(Bosmans & Bouragba 1992)
Paracymbium
(Tanasevitch 2011a)
Paracymbium
(Tanasevitch 2011a)
Paracymbium, ventral view
(Bosmans & Bouragba 1992)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans & Bouragba 1992)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Bouragba 1992)
Epigyne
(Breitling 2020)
Epigyne
(Fernández-Pérez & Prieto 2023a)
Vulva
(Bosmans & Bouragba 1992)
Distribution List
References
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Bosmans R (2015) Sur quelques espèces du genre Centromerus Simon, 1884 de France et d’Espagne (Aranaeae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 2: 23-27
Bosmans R, Bouragba N (1992) Trois nouvelles Linyphiidae de l'Atlas Algérien, avec la description du mâle de Lepthyphantes djazairi Bosmans, et la redescription de Lepthyphantes homonymus Denis (Araneae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 128: 245-262
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Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362
Fernández-Pérez J, Prieto C E (2023a) Nuevos datos de Araneae (excl. Troglohyphantes) para las cuevas vasco-cantábricas. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 42: 137-158
Tanasevitch A V (2011a) On linyphiid spiders from the eastern and central Mediterranean kept at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 118: 49-91
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2