Megalepthyphantes lydiae Wunderlich, 1994
Description
Male
Lamella characteristica knee-like bent. Prosoma yellow-brown, with darker median band. Sternum blackish. Legs yellow-brown, annulated. Opisthosoma light grey, with dorsal chevrons and light longitudinal band laterally.
Body length male: 3.5 mmFemale
Epigyne with a large, protruding scapus. Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 3.8 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1994b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Embolus
(Wunderlich 1994b)
Embolus
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Embolus
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Embolus
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Embolic division, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Lamella characteristica, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Paracymbium, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1994b)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Palpal tibia, prolateral view
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1994b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1994b)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Tanasevitch 2019c)
Distribution List
References
Naumova M V, Lazarov S, Petrov B, Deltshev C (2016a) New faunistic data on the cave-dwelling spiders in the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae). Ecologia Montenegrina 7: 425-438 
Tanasevitch A V (2019c) On Megalepthyphantes lydiae Wunderlich, 1994 (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 126: 147-150
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1994b) Beschreibung der neuen Spinnen-Gattung Megalepthyphantes aus der Familie der Baldachinspinnen und einer bisher unbekannten Art aus Griechenland (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 104: 168-171