Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Tenuiphantes  Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996   26 species

Tenuiphantes cantabropyrenaeus  Bosmans, 2016

Description
Male

Pedipalp: basal branch of paracymbium with a sharp posterior tooth. Lamella characteristica sickle-shaped, distal end with 3 teeth. Embolus with a group of 10-11 teeth on basal part. Prosoma and chelicerae yellowish olive to yellowish brown. Prosoma length: 0.92-1.14 mm. Chelicerae with 4 promarginal and 3 smaller retromarginal teeth. Legs pale yellowish, TmI 0.23. Opisthosoma: dorsum mostly grey, with 4 pairs of chevrons and lateral stripe; area around spinnerets and venter dark grey; area between 2., 3. and 4. pair of chevrons as well as the 2 lateral stripes white, stripes sometimes interrupted. In some specimens the opisthosoma is nearly entirely black with indistinct grey chevrons.

Body length male: 1.8-2.2 mm
Female

Epigyne: scape sigmoid and flattened, proscape with a narrow basal part and wider, rounded distal part; posterior median plate very wide. Vulva: spermathecae oval. Prosoma length: 0.90-0.99 mm.

Body length female: 1.8-2.2 mm
Additional information

In deciduous and pine forests from 200-1600 m a.s.l.

Similar species: T. jacksoni, T. jacksonoides.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain, France
Phenology
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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.

France   (no references) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Bosmans R, Castro A (2016) Tenuiphantes cantabropyrenaeus n. sp., a new Cantabro-Pyrenean spider species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnology 17: 43-46 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
31-05-2016 Distribution update Detail
31-05-2016 Image insert