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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Nothophantes  Merrett & Stevens, 1995   1 species

Nothophantes horridus Merrett & Stevens, 1995

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012040

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Description
Prosoma yellow. Sternum yellow, grey on margins. Legs yellow. Opisthosoma grey, laterally pale yellow. Body length male: 2.4-2.45 mm
Body length female: 2.15-2.95 mm
Additional information
only under stones in a quarry as yet

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Britain
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Merrett & Stevens 1999)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Merrett & Stevens 1999)

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male Pedipalp
(Merrett & Stevens 1999)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Merrett & Stevens 1995)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Merrett & Stevens 1995)

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female Vulva
(Merrett & Stevens 1995)

Distribution List
United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

Merrett P, Stevens R A (1999) The male of Nothophantes horridus Merrett & Stevens (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 129-130 pdf

Merrett P, Stevens R A (1995) A new genus and species of linyphiid spider from south-west England (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 118-120 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf