Lessertia barbara (Simon, 1884)
Description
Male
Prosoma and legs yellow-brown. Prosoma length: 1.25 mm, prosoma width: 0.97 mm. Opisthosoma pale grey.
Body length male: 2.3-2.7 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 1.35 mm, prosoma width: 1.09 mm. Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 2.5-3.3 mmAdditional information
Mainly cavernicolous.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Denis 1968b)
Pedipalp
(Millidge 1977)
Pedipalp
(Wunderlich 1995e)
Pedipalp
(Wunderlich 1995e)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 2007)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2023)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2023)
Embolic division, mesal view
(Bosmans 2007)
Palpal tibia
(Wunderlich 1995e)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans 2007)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2023)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Denis 1968b)
Epigyne, aboral view
(Denis 1968b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995e)
Epigyne, aboral view
(Wunderlich 1995e)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans 2007)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Lecigne et al. 2023)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Lecigne et al. 2023)
Vulva, posterior view
(Bosmans 2007)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans 2007)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2023)
Distribution List
References
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Millidge A F (1977) The conformation of the male palpal organs of linyphiid spiders, and its application to the taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of the family (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 1-60
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1995e) Zur Taxonomie europäischer Gattungen der Zwergspinnen (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 643-654