Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Midia  Saaristo & Wunderlich, 1995   1 species

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 mm
Body length female: 2.5-4.8 mm
Additional information

Lives on trees, occasionally also found in birds' nests.

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Europe
Phenology
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Figures
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.

Belgium   (Janssen & Crevecoeur, 2020) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (no references) ||| France   (no references) ||| Germany   (no references) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (no references) ||| Slovakia   (no references) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024a) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Janssen M, Crevecoeur L (2020) Midia midas (Simon, 1884) (Araneae, Linyphiidae), a species new to the Belgian spider fauna. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 35: 83-88 pdf

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp. pdf

Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html pdf

Růžička V, Bohác J, Macek J (1991) Invertebrate animals from hollow trees in the Trebon basin. Sborník Jihočeského Muzea v Českých Budějovicích Přírodní Vědy 31: 33-46 pdf

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 pdf

Saaristo M I, Wunderlich J (1995) Midia - a new genus for Lepthyphantes midas Simon 1884 (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 311-314 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
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29-04-2021 Distribution insert Detail
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