araneae - Mesasigone mira

Description

Male

Prosoma grey-brown, with a narrow dark margin. Posterior median eyes separated by their diameter. Chelicerae anterior margin with two teeth lying well off base of claw. Legs pale brown. Metatarsi I-III each with one trichobothrium. Opisthosoma dark grey.

Prosoma length: 0.8 mm, prosoma width: 0.7 mm.

Female

As in male. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on promargin.

Prosoma length: 0.7 mm, prosoma width: 0.6 mm.

Character states from linyphiid key

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2024): Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China

Figures

Pedipalp
(Tanasevitch 1989)

Palpal tibia
(Tanasevitch 1989)

Epigyne
(Tanasevitch 1989)

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.

References

Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.

Tanasevitch A V (1989) The linyphiid spiders of Middle Asia (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 69: 83-176

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

Mesasigone mira Tanasevitch, 1989