Midia midas (Simon, 1884)
Description
Male palp with large distal claw. Paracymbium with serrated posterior margin. Epigyne with tongue-shaped scapus. Prosoma yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey with pale spots.
Body length male: 2.3-2.8 mmBody length female: 2.5-4.8 mm
Additional information
On trees, in tree hollows, occasionally also found in birds' nests.
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Saaristo & Wunderlich 1995)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kielhorn & Wille 2025)
Embolic division, dorsal view
(Saaristo & Wunderlich 1995)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Kielhorn & Wille 2025)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Saaristo & Wunderlich 1995)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Saaristo & Wunderlich 1995)
Epigyne, dorsal view
(Saaristo & Wunderlich 1995)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Růžička et al. 1991)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Růžička et al. 1991)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Růžička et al. 1991)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Janssen & Crevecoeur 2020)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Janssen & Crevecoeur 2020)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Janssen & Crevecoeur 2020)
Epigyne
(Kielhorn & Wille 2025)
Leg I, prolateral view
(Saaristo & Wunderlich 1995)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Kielhorn & Wille 2025)
Distribution List
References
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