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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Metopobactrus  Simon, 1884   8 species

Metopobactrus deserticola Loksa, 1981

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011765

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Description
Male

Dorsal tibial apophysis strong, apical part sickle-shaped and claw-like, ventral tibial apophysis small, with rounded tip. Embolus strongly chitinised.

Prosoma reddish brown with black median spot, eyes surrounded with black, head region slightly raised in males. Sternum reddish brown, margin black. Legs reddish brown, coxae suffused with black. Opisthosoma black

Body length male: 0.9-1.0 mm
Female

Epigyne with broad posterior median part. Colouration as in males

Body length female: 0.9-1.0 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Slovakia, Hungary
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Szita et al. 1998)

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male Pedipalp
(Loksa 1981b)

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male Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Gajdoš et al. 2019)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gajdoš et al. 2019)

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male Tip of embolus, dorsal view
(Loksa 1981b)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Loksa 1981b)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Szita et al. 1998)

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male Habitus
(Szita et al. 1998)

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female Epigyne
(Szita et al. 1998)

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female Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Loksa 1981b)

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female Epigyne
(Gajdoš et al. 2019)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Szita et al. 1998)

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female Habitus
(Szita et al. 1998)

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.

Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 2019) |||
References

Gajdoš P, Černecká Ľ, Šestáková A (2019) Pannonic salt marshes revealed six new spiders to Slovakia (Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Linyphiidae, Lycosidae, Theridiidae). Biologia 74: 53-64 pdf

Loksa I (1981b) The spider fauna of the Hortobágy National Park (Araneae). In Mahunka S (ed.), The fauna of the Hortobágy National Park, Volume 1. pp. 321-339. Akad. Kiadó Budapest pdf

Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184 pdf

Szita É, Samu F, Bleicher K, Botos E (1998) Data to the spider fauna (Araneae) of Körös-Maros National Park (Hungary). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 33: 341-348 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
25-07-2025 Distribution update Detail
20-03-2019 Image insert
17-11-2018 Distribution update Detail