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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Pelecopsis  Simon, 1864   41 species

Pelecopsis robusta Weiss, 1990

Description
Male

Resembles P. elongata. Prosoma reddish to dark brown, radial lines with impressed dots. Cephalic lobe slightly lighter brown, characteristic. Incision between thorax and head not as strong as in P. elongata. Legs yellow-brown. Palp: tibia more robust, proximally wider, the median distal wart field slightly convex, lateral apophysis less articulated. Cymbium proximally more protruding.

Prosoma length: 0.9 mm, prosoma width: 0.7 mm.

Female

Darker than male and P. elongata. Epigyne: strongly resembles P. elongata. Median plate less distinct, with dark margins, not triangular, more oval. Copulatory ducts wide and membraneous.

Prosoma length: 0.9 mm, prosoma width: 0.7 mm.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Romania
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"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.

Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) |||
References

Weiss I (1990) Pelecopsis robusta n. sp., eine Schwester-Art von P. elongata (Wider) aus Rumänien (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae, Erigoninae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 77: 57-62 pdf

Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107 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
05-10-2025 Distribution update Detail