Baryphyma gowerense (Locket, 1965)
Description
Male palp with 3 parallel apophyses on tibia. Epigyne with transverse oval plate. Prosoma dark brown, bullous elevated head region stair-like anteriorly. Legs yellow-orange, to orange-brown. Opisthosoma black. Female: provided with long hairs.
Body length male: 2.6-3.1 mmBody length female: 2.7-3.3 mm
Additional information
In open wet areas, preferred at salty locations
Frequency: Rarely found
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)
Tibial apophysis
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne
(Locket 1967)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket et al. 1974)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Leg I
(Locket et al. 1974)
Tarsal claw of leg I
(Locket et al. 1974)
Distribution List
References
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin 
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Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Locket G H (1967) A species of Meioneta new to Britain. Bulletin of the British Spider Study Group 33: 1-2
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Nekhaeva A A (2020) On the spider fauna (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Kanin Peninsula and Kolguev Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 29: 387-398
Pajunen T, Väisänen R A (2015) First records of spiders (Araneae) Baryphyma gowerense (Locket, 1965) (Linyphiidae), Entelecara flavipes (Blackwall, 1834) (Linyphiidae) and Rugathodes instabilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) (Theridiidae) in Finland. Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 91: 44-50
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zhukovets E M (2017) [Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Belovezhskaya Pushcha]. Riftur Print, Minsk, 272 pp. [N.B.: presumably publ. in Jan. 2019]