Maro lehtineni Saaristo, 1971
Description
Male palp with simple lamella characteristica, lateral margins without prongs. Epigyne with curved posterior margin. Prosoma light orange to yellow. Sternum yellowish, sometimes stronger coloured than prosoma. Chelicerae yellowish. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma white.
Body length male: 1.1-1.3 mmBody length female: 1.0-1.1 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1983a)
Pedipalp
(Saaristo 1971)
Pedipalp in detail, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica
(Saaristo 1971)
Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Saaristo 1971)
Vulva
(Saaristo 1971)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Eyes, frontal view
(Saaristo 1971)
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
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Agnarsson I (1996) Íslenskar köngulær Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar 31: 1-175
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
Bolzern A, Hänggi A, Kropf C, Frick H (2005) Erstnachweis von Maro lehtineni Saaristo, 1971 für die Schweiz (Arachnida, Araneae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 78: 165-172
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Fjellberg A (unpubl.) .
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J (2007) Supplementary records to catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Entomofauna Carpathica 19: 21-26
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
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Osipov D V (2019) [Spiders (Aranei) of the Lapland Nature Reserve] Works of the Lapland State Nature Biosphere Reserve 7: 119-194
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Saaristo M I (1971) Revision of the genus Maro O. P.-Cambridge (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici 8: 463-482
Thaler K (1983a) Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Nordtirol (Österreich) und Nachbarländern: Deckennetzspinnen, Linyphiidae (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 63: 135-167
Thaler K (1995) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 5. Linyphiidae 1: Linyphiinae (sensu Wiehle) (Arachnida: Araneida). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 82: 153-190
Wiśniewski K, Wesołowska W (2015) Maro lehtineni (Araneae: Linyphiidae) - a spider species new to the fauna of Poland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 81-84
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2