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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Stemonyphantes  Menge, 1866   8 species

Stemonyphantes montanus Wunderlich, 1978

Description
Male

Prosoma light brown, with dark grey patch, margins darker. Prosoma length: 2.5 mm. Sternum suffused with grey. Legs light brown, with dark grey annulation on femora and tibiae,TmI 0.35. Opisthosoma light grey, dorsum with 3 longitudinal rows of dark grey spots, lateral paert with dark grey longitudinal band or dark spots, venter variable.

Body length male: 5.5 mm
Female

Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 3.1 mm.

Body length female: 8.0 mm
Additional information

1350 m a.s.l.

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
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 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 (1978) Die Gattungen Stemonyphantes Menge 1866 und Narcissius Jermolajew 1930, mit zwei Neubeschreibungen (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59: 125-132 pdf

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