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 mmAdditional information
south-exposed dry meadow (CH), 1300 m, biology unknown
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1976b)
Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Thaler 1976b)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1976b)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1976b)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1976b)
Epigyne
(Hänggi 1989)
Vulva
(Hänggi 1989)
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
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 
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
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
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
Thaler K (1999b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 6. Linyphiidae 2: Erigoninae (sensu Wiehle) (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 79: 215-264
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 |