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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Pelecopsis  Simon, 1864   41 species

Pelecopsis pooti Bosmans & Jocqué, 1993

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012300

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Description
Male

Prosoma reddish brown, striae, margins and eye region darker. Prosoma length: 0.91-1.10 mm. Sternum brownish black. legs yellowish orange. Opisthosoma black, with purplish black scutum, covering 9/10 of dorsum, densely punctate.

Body length male: 2.1-2.3 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 0.90-0.96 mm. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 2.1-2.3 mm
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Jocqué 1993)

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male Embolic division, prolateral view
(Bosmans & Jocqué 1993)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Jocqué 1993)

species

male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Jocqué 1993)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Bosmans & Jocqué 1993)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans & Jocqué 1993)

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female Epigyne, posterior view
(Bosmans & Jocqué 1993)

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female Vulva
(Bosmans & Jocqué 1993)

Distribution List
Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Bosmans R, Jocqué R (1993) Five Linyphiidae new to Europe, with description of Pelecopsis pooti sp. n. (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology 123: 129-134 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 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
03-09-2015 Image insert