Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Troglohyphantes  Joseph, 1882   133 species

Troglohyphantes orpheus  (Simon, 1884)

Description
Male

Exes not reduced. Embolus: sperm duct opens terminally in blunt tip. Palp: lamella with well-developed inferior apophysis.

Female

Species with non-reduced eyes. Epigyne: distal excisions defining a scape that diverges distally. Height of anterior plate in the middle considerably less than the length of the scape. Stem of scape short.

Body length female: 6.8 mm
Additional information

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain, France
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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.

France   (no references) ||| Spain   (Barrientos et al., 2023a) |||
References

Barrientos J A, Prieto C E, Castro A, Fernández-Pérez J, Mederos J, Brañas N (2023a) Especies ibéricas del género Troglohyphantes Joseph, 1882 (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 42: 3-66 pdf

Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1978b) Revision of the cave-dwelling and related spiders of the genus Troglohyphantes Joseph (Linyphiidae), with special reference to the yugoslav species. Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Prirodoslovne Vede, Classis IV, Historia Naturalis (Prirod. Vede) 23: 1-220 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, 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

Simon E (1929) Les arachnides de France 6 (3). Paris (Roret): 533-772 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
21-08-2023 Image insert
03-07-2023 Distribution insert Detail
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