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
"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
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 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
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
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
Kielhorn K-H, Wille H (2025) Spinnen an Baumstämmen im Colbitzer Lindenwald (Arachnida: Araneae). Entomologische Mitteilungen Sachsen-Anhalt 33: 115-134
Kuralt Ž, Pajek Arambašič N, Kostanjšek R (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of spiders (Araneae) of the upper course of the Neretva River in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Natura Sloveniae 27: 114-122
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Moscaliuc L A (2013) Contributions to the knowledge of Romanian spider fauna. Steps towards an updated checklist. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 56: 135-142
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
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
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
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, Wunderlich J (1995) Midia - a new genus for Lepthyphantes midas Simon 1884 (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 311-314
Scharff N, Gudik-Sørensen O (2006) Katalog over Danmarks edderkopper (Araneae). Catalogue of the spiders of Denmark (Araneae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 74: 3-71
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2