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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Troglohyphantes  Joseph, 1882   134 species

Troglohyphantes exul Thaler, 1987

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013045

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Description

Cymbium with a short dorsal excresence; Epigyne strongly protruding. Prosoma, chelicerae and legs reddish yellow. Opisthosoma whitish. Eyes reduced, anterior median eyes absent

Body length male: 2.9-3.0 mm
Body length female: 2.9-3.0 mm
Additional information

In caves

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy
Figures
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pesarini 1988c)

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male Embolic division, dorsal view
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Cymbium
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Cymbium
(Pesarini 1988c)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Chelicera, ventral view
(Thaler 1987a)

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female Epigyne, posterior view
(Thaler 1987a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Thaler 1987a)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Thaler 1987a)

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.

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

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

Pesarini C (1988c) Osservazioni su alcuni Troglohyphantes della fauna italiana, con descrizione di due nuove specie (Araneae Linyphiidae). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 129: 237-247 pdf

Thaler K (1987a) Two species of Troglohyphantes (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Monti Lessini, northern Italy: T. exul n. sp., T. ruffoi Caporiacco. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 151-156 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
16-07-2024 Image insert
01-10-2013 Image insert