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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Metapanamomops  Millidge, 1977   1 species

Metapanamomops kaestneri (Wiehle, 1961)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011762

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Description

Embolus twisted. Prosoma yellow-brown, tinged with black, dark circles around all eyes. Sternum dark grey, with bright spots. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey-brown, darker ventrally.

Body length male: 1.8 mm
Body length female: 2.0 mm
Additional information

In dry grassland and heathland.

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Germany to Russia (Europe), Finland
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1961a)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1961a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1961a)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1961a)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1961a)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne
(Wozny 1978)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva
(Wozny 1978)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Tibia I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Metatarsus I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1961a)

Distribution List
Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016; Kielhorn, 2016) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Central   (Esyunin et al., 2023c) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin, 2006) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) |||
References

Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 pdf

Esyunin S L (2006) Remarks on the Ural spider fauna (Arachnida: Aranei). 11. New faunistic records. Arthropoda Selecta 14: 329-337 pdf

Esyunin S, Agafonova O, Ruchin A, Semishin G, Esin M, Artaev O (2023c) Spider fauna (Arachnida, Araneae) in Mordovia State Nature Reserve and National Park "Smolny" (Russia). Biodiversity Data Journal 11(e105979): 1-15 pdf

Kielhorn K-H (2016) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Webspinnen und Weberknechte in Berlin und Brandenburg. Märkische Entomologische Nachrichten 17(2): 261-286 pdf

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App pdf

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 pdf

Wiehle H (1961a) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Spinnenfauna II. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 37: 171-188 pdf

Wozny M (1978) Die Beschreibung des Weibchens der Spinnenart Micrargus kaestneri Wiehle (Aranei, Erigonidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 48: 437-438 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
20-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
23-10-2023 Distribution update Detail
23-10-2023 Distribution insert Detail
24-12-2015 Image insert