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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Mecopisthes  Simon, 1926   14 species

Mecopisthes pumilio Wunderlich, 2008

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042025

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Description
Male

Prosoma dark brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma medium to dark brown.

Body length male: 1.0-1.2 mm
Female

Prosoma medium brown.

Body length female: 1.0-1.2 mm
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Switzerland
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retro-apical view
(Wunderlich 2008d)

species

male Embolic division, frontal view
(Hänggi 1990)

species

male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2008d)

species

male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2008d)

species

male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2008d)

species

male Prosoma, lateral view
(Hänggi 1990)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2008d)

species

female Vulva
(Hänggi 1990)

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.

Switzerland   (Wunderlich, 2008d) |||
References

Hänggi A (1990) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Kantons Tessin III - Für die Schweiz neue und bemerkenswerte Spinnen. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 63: 153-167 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

Wunderlich J (2008d) Descriptions of new taxa of European dwarf spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigonidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 5: 685-697 pdf

Updates
02-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
26-01-2017 Image insert