Tenuiphantes aequalis (Tanasevitch, 1987)
Description
Male
Prosoma brown, prosoma length: 0.95 mm, prosoma width: 0.85 mm. Sternum blackish brown. Chelicerae: promargin with 3 teeth. Legs pale brown, TmI 0.19. Opisthosoma dorsally pale, with grey transverse stripes.
Body length male: 2.15 mmFemale
Prosoma brown, prosoma length: 1.00 mm, prosoma width: 0.85 mm. Sternum blackish brown. Chelicerae: promargin with 3 teeth. Legs pale brown, TmI 0.22. Opisthosoma as in males.
Body length female: 2.60 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch 1987a)
Embolic division
(Tanasevitch 1987a)
Lamella characteristica
(Tanasevitch 1987a)
Epigyne
(Tanasevitch 1987a)
Vulva
(Tanasevitch 1987a)
Distribution List
References
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info 
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Tanasevitch A V (1987a) The linyphiid spiders of the Caucasus, USSR (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 67: 297-383
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2