Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Mecopisthes  Simon, 1926   14 species

Mecopisthes nasutus  Wunderlich, 1995

Description
Male

Embolus S-shaped. TmI at 0.52. Prosoma and legs yellow. Opsthosoma dark grey. (Colouration refers to a freshly moulted specimen!)

Female

Vulva with long, spiral ducts. Prosoma and legs medium brown. Opisthosoma dark grey.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece (incl. Crete)
Phenology
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Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Greece   (no references) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) |||
References

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, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (1995c) Beschreibung bisher unbekannter Arten der Baldachinspinnen aus der östlichen Mediterraneis (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 655-686 pdf

Updates
06-02-2024 Image insert
22-10-2013 Image insert
15-10-2013 Distribution update Detail