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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Metopobactrus  Simon, 1884   8 species

Metopobactrus nadigi Thaler, 1976

Description

Tibial apophysis slender, with hook-shaped apophysis. Prosoma yellow-brownish, tinged with black. Male: with variable dorsal humps. Sternum blackish. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma blackish.

Body length male: 1.6 mm
Additional information

south-exposed dry meadow (CH), 1300 m, biology unknown

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Switzerland, Austria, Italy
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Distribution List
Austria   (Thaler, 1999b) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) |||
References

Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 pdf

Hänggi A (1989) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Kantons Tessin II - Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde aus Magerwiesen der Montanstufe. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 62: 167-174 pdf

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 pdf

Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12 pdf

Thaler K (1976b) Two remarkable relict Arachnids from northern Italy:  Sabacon simoni Dresco (Opiliones: Ischyropsalididae), Louisfaga rupicola (Simon) (Araneae: Tetragnathidae?). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 3: 205-210 pdf

Thaler K (1999b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 6. Linyphiidae 2: Erigoninae (sensu Wiehle) (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 79: 215-264 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
02-10-2025 Distribution update Detail