Mecynargus sphagnicola (Holm, 1939)
Description
Male
Prosoma blunt oviform, slightly elevated, without depression. Opisthosoma without pattern, dark. Palp: Paracymbium complicated, smaller than tibia.
Prosoma length: 0.9 mm, prosoma width: 0.6 mm.
Body length male: 1.9 mmFemale
Prosoma not elevated, with slight depression medially. Opisthosoma dark. Epigyne: Semicircular plate with "filled fovea" in central part well separated from sides. Shape of fovea trapezoidal.
Prosoma length: 0.8 mm, prosoma width: 0.6 mm.
Body length female: 1.8 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Holm 1967)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Millidge 1977)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Holm 1967)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva
(Holm 1939)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Distribution List
References
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Holm Å (1967) Spiders (Araneae) from west Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 184(1): 1-99
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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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
Morka G H (unpubl.)
Nekhaeva A A (2020) On the spider fauna (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Kanin Peninsula and Kolguev Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 29: 387-398
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2