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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Walckenaeria  Blackwall, 1833   62 species

Walckenaeria cyprusensis Wunderlich, 1995

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013275

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Description
Male

Embolus thick basally. Palpal tibia with 3 apophyses and a small excrescence retrolaterally. Prosoma and legs orange. TmI at 0.56. Opisthosoma light grey.

Body length male: 2.2 mm
Female

Epigyne with broad median plate. Posterior margin of the epigynal grooves sclerotised. Colouration as in males except opisthosoma medium grey.

Body length female: 2.7 mm
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Cyprus
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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male Eyes, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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female Epigyne
(Wunderlich 1995c)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1995c)

Distribution List
Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (1995c) Beschreibung bisher unbekannter Arten der Baldachinspinnen aus der östlichen Mediterraneis (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 655-686 pdf