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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Linyphia  Latreille, 1804   8 species

Linyphia maura Thorell, 1875

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011409

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Description
Male

Prosoma brown, with broad submarginal band and grey bifurcated median stripe. Legs yellow-brown, dark specimens sometimes with apical rings. Opisthosoma beige, with complicated pattern consisting of black and white bars and blotches.

Body length male: 4.1-5.4 mm
Female

Epigynal atrium small, triangular, filled almost entirely by small knob-shaped scapus. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 3.9-4.9 mm
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia), Morocco, Algeria, Greece, Cyprus
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosselaers unpubl.)

species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Martín et al. 2025)

species

male Embolic division, median view
(Bosmans 2006a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers unpubl.)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Bosselaers unpubl.)

Distribution List
Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| France / Corsica   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Caria et al., 2021) ||| Morocco   (van Helsdingen, 1969) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Bosmans R (2006a) Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XI. Miscellaneous linyphiid genera and additions (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 141: 125-161 pdf

Bosmans R, Gavalas I (2023) The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 1-91 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

Bosselaers J (unpubl.)

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Caria M, Pantini P, Alamanni F, Ancona C, Cillo D, Bazzato E (2021) New records and interesting data for the Sardinian spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 53: 321-331 pdf

Helsdingen P J van (1969) A reclassification of the species of Linyphia Latreille based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae), I. Zoologische Verhandelingen 105: 1-303 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Martín D F, Adame F R, Melendo M M, Castilla G R (2025) Nuevas adiciones a la fauna araneológica de Andalucía. I. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 143-150 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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21-10-2024 Distribution update Detail
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