araneae - Mansuphantes ovalis

Mansuphantes ovalis (Tanasevitch, 1987)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011501

Description

Male

Prosoma brownish yellow, with dark margin. Posterior median eyes separated by their diameter. Sternum grey. Legs brownish yellow. OPisthosoma grey.

Body length male: 1.9 mm

Female

Prosoma pale brown, with darker margin. Sternum dark grey. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma dark grey.

Body length female: 2.1 mm

Character states from linyphiid key

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2026): Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan)

Phenology



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Figures

Pedipalp
(Tanasevitch 1987a)

Lamella characteristica
(Tanasevitch 1990)

Lamella characteristica
(Tanasevitch 1987a)

Paracymbium
(Tanasevitch 1990)

Palpal tibia
(Tanasevitch 1987a)

Epigyne
(Tanasevitch 1990)

Epigyne
(Tanasevitch 1987a)

Vulva
(Tanasevitch 1987a)

Distribution List

References

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

Tanasevitch A V (1990) The spider family Linyphiidae in the fauna of the Caucasus (Arachnida, Aranei). In: Striganova B R (ed.), Fauna nazemnykh bespozvonochnykh Kavkaza. Moscow, Akaedemia Nauk, pp. 5-114

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2