Mecopisthes latinus Millidge, 1978
Description
Epigyne with small circular opening. Prosoma orange, darker stripes. Male: eye region strongly bulged. Sternum orange, with dark margin. Legs light orange, to yellow-orange. Opisthosoma grey with 4 reddish spots, dorsally covered with orange-brown scutum.
Body length male: 1.36 mmBody length female: 1.45 mm
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Millidge 1978)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(van Helsdingen 1982b)
Part of embolus
(Millidge 1978)
Tibial apophysis
(Millidge 1978)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Millidge 1978)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(van Helsdingen 1982b)
Prosoma, lateral view
(van Helsdingen 1982b)
Epigyne
(Millidge 1978)
Distribution List
"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.
References
Helsdingen P J van (1982b) Quelques remarques sur les Linyphiidae mentionnés par Di Caporiacco. Revue Arachnologique 3: 155-180 
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Millidge A F (1978) The genera Mecopisthes Simon and Hypsocephalus n. gen. and their phylogenetic relationships (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 113-123
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 02-10-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 18-03-2014 | Image insert |