Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Mecopisthes  Simon, 1926   14 species

Mecopisthes nasutus Wunderlich, 1995

Description
Male

Embolus S-shaped. TmI at 0.52. Prosoma and legs yellow. Opsthosoma dark grey. (Colouration refers to a freshly moulted specimen!)

Female

Vulva with long, spiral ducts. Prosoma and legs medium brown. Opisthosoma dark grey.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (incl. Crete)
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) |||
References

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Bosmans R, Gavalas I (2023) The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 1-91 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (1995c) Beschreibung bisher unbekannter Arten der Baldachinspinnen aus der östlichen Mediterraneis (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 655-686 pdf

Updates
05-12-2024 Distribution update Detail
06-02-2024 Image insert
22-10-2013 Image insert
15-10-2013 Distribution update Detail