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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Mughiphantes  Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1999   28 species

Mughiphantes merretti (Millidge, 1975)

Description

Cymbium with conical projection on prolateral side. Lamella with 2 branches, with several saw-like teeth. Prosoma pale brown in females, greyish brown in males, suffused with black on margins, fovea, striae and eye region. Sternum female: yellow-brown, male: black. Legs brown. Femur I-IV with 1 dorsal spine, femur I with an additional spine in distal half. Tibia I-IV dorsally with 2 spines, ventrally with 4 spines, 1 prolateral and 1 retrolateral spine in distal half. Metatarsus I-IV with 1 dorsal spine; TmI at 0.22. Opisthosoma black

Body length male: 2.25-2.54 mm
Body length female: 2.85-3 mm
Additional information

Under stones

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy
Figures
Distribution List
Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Millidge A F (1975b) A new species of linyphiid spider, Lepthyphantes merretti, from the Dolomites. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 3: 63-65 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