Hypselistes florens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
Description
Tibial apophysis hook-shaped. Epigyne deeply indented posteriorly. Prosoma brown-orange, male: with highly elevated cephalic lobe, distinctly marked off. Legs suffused with black. Femur yellow-orange. Opisthosoma black, with metallic sheen.
Body length male: 2.0-2.5 mmBody length female: 2.2-3.0 mm
Additional information
This species of North American origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once but could not establish so far.
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Cephalic area, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Distribution List
References
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. 
Sherwood D (2025) Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34: 121-160
Wiehle H (1960a) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: 1-620
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2