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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Mermessus  O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899   4 species

Mermessus maculatus (Banks, 1892)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010334

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Description
Additional information

Non-established species in Europe (Nentwig, 2015)

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Russia (Commander Is.), Canada to Guatemala
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Paquin & Dupérré 2003)

species

male Embolic division
(Millidge 1987)

species

male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Millidge 1987)

species

male Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Millidge 1987)

species

male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Paquin & Dupérré 2003)

species

female Epigyne, dorsal view
(Millidge 1987)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Millidge 1987)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Paquin & Dupérré 2003)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Millidge 1987)

Distribution List
Switzerland   (Holzapfel, 1932) |||
References

Holzapfel M (1932) Die Gewächshausfauna des Berner Botanischen Gartens. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 39: 325-371 pdf

Millidge A F (1987) The Erigonine spiders of North America. Part 8. The Genus Eperigone Crosby and Bishop (Araneae, Linyphiidae). American Museum Novitates 2885: 1-75 pdf

Nentwig W (2015) Introduction, establishment rate, pathways and impact of spiders alien to Europe. Biological Invasions 17: 2757-2778 pdf

Paquin P, Dupérré N (2003) Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Supplément 11: 1-251 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

Updates
01-10-2023 Image insert
01-10-2023 Distribution insert Detail