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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Lepthyphantes  Menge, 1866   55 species

Lepthyphantes leknizii  Barrientos, 2020

Description

Colour: Carapace, chelicerae, sternum and legs yellowish orange, opisthosoma pale grey, nearly whitish, dorsal pattern absent.

Eyes are completely absent. Chelicerae with three promarginal teeth, the middle one the largest; two retromarginal minute teeth. Legs long, Fe I, Ti I and Mt I 1.6 times as long as prosoma; chaetotaxy 2222; position of trichobothrium on Mt I 0.128; trichobothrium on Mt IV absent. Prosoma with several
long setae in the cephalic region. Opisthosoma with some long setae.

Pedipalp: Paracymbium wide, proximal part with seven scattered spines and a protrusion on the front edge, middle part with a strong notch bordered by two teeth, the longer and stouter one pointed outwards, distal part slender and terminally slightly enlarged; suprategular apophysis pointed; lamella characteristica broad, markedly widened distally; terminal apophyses broad at its base then tapered, apically curved and directed outwards.

Body length male: 2.25 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Only known from the type locality (Taza).
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Morocco
Phenology
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"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.

Morocco   (Barrientos et al., 2020a) |||
References

Barrientos J A, Brañas N, Mederos J (2020a) The high complexity of Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) evidenced through ten new cave-dweller species from the Morocco. Zoosystema 42: 1-29 pdf

Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2023) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – first note – on new records of cave spiders. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 44-71 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
20-01-2024 Datasheet update Detail
16-01-2024 Image insert
03-05-2020 Distribution update Detail
03-05-2020 Image insert
29-01-2020 Distribution update Detail