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
Lives on trees, 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)
Embolic division, dorsal view
(Saaristo & Wunderlich 1995)
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)
Leg I, prolateral view
(Saaristo & Wunderlich 1995)
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
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 (2024) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
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
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
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
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
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
Updates
| 29-04-2021 | Image insert | |
| 29-04-2021 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 04-10-2013 | Image insert |