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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Troglohyphantes  Joseph, 1882   134 species

Troglohyphantes lessinensis Caporiacco, 1936

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013073

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Description
Male

Cephalic region elevated, with long, bent bristles. Colouration as in females.

Body length male: 3.1-3.2 mm
Female

Prosoma, chelicerae, gnathocoxae and legs brownish yellow. Sternum and opsthosoma reticulated with black.

Body length female: 2.85-3.5 mm
Additional information

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1967)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Thaler 1967)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1971d)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1971d)

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male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1979h)

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male Embolus, ventral view
(Thaler 1967)

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male Embolus
(Brignoli 1971d)

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male Embolus
(Brignoli 1979h)

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male Lamella characteristica, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1967)

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male Lamella characteristica, prolateral view
(Thaler 1967)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Brignoli 1971d)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Brignoli 1979h)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Brignoli 1979h)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Thaler 1967)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Thaler 1967)

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female Epigyne
(Brignoli 1971d)

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female Epigyne
(Brignoli 1971d)

Distribution List
Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

Brignoli P M (1971d) Note su ragni cavernicoli italiani (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 7: 121-229 pdf

Brignoli P M (1979h) Ragni d'Italia XXXI. Specie cavernicole nuove o interessanti (Araneae). Quaderni del Museo di Speleologia "V. Rivera" 5(10): 1-48 pdf

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

Thaler K (1967) Zum Vorkommen von Troglohyphantes-Arten in Tirol und dem Trentino (Arachn., Araneae, Linyphiidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 55: 155-173 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
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