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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Pelecopsis  Simon, 1864   40 species

Pelecopsis alpica  Thaler, 1991

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012238

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Description
Male

Prosoma with cephalic lobe and glandular porus. Chelicerae with fine stridulatory ridges in posterior half. Opisthosoma with large dorsal scutum. Palp: patella twice as long than distally wide. Tibia isodiametrical, depressed on outside, its dorsal edge forming 3 tooth-like apophyses. Cymbium spoon-shaped.

Prosoma length: 0.6 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.

Body length male: 1.4 mm
Female

Prosoma brown-blackish with blackish design (radial lines, shield mark). Legs yellow-brownish. Opisthosoma blackish. Epigyne: median plate bilobed, anteriorly deeply incised and covering openings. Lateral wings short, with protruding, strongly sclerotized inner margin. Copulatory ducts arched, short, going aborad/laterad. Receptacula kidney-shaped.

Prosoma length: 0.6 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.

Body length female: 1.7 mm
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Alps (Switzerland, Austria, Italy)
Figures
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male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Thaler 1991a)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1991a)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Thaler 1991a)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1991a)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Thaler 1991a)

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female Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Thaler 1991a)

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female Epigyne/vulva, aboral view
(Thaler 1991a)

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female Vulva
(Thaler 1991a)

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female Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1991a)

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female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Thaler 1991a)

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female Eyes, dorsal view
(Thaler 1991a)

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.

Austria   (Thaler, 1999b) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019; Gloor, 2009) ||| Switzerland   (Gloor, 2009; Hänggi & Stäubli, 2012) |||
References

Gloor D (2009) Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae). In: Sommer der alpinen Artenvielfalt. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Glarus 18: 254-265 pdf

Hänggi A, Stäubli A (2012) Nachträge zum „Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen“: 4. Neunachweise von 2002 bis 2011. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 59-76 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

Thaler K (1991a) Über wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen-VIII (Arachnida: Aranei, Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 98: 165-184 pdf

Thaler K (1999b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 6. Linyphiidae 2: Erigoninae (sensu Wiehle) (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 79: 215-264 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
22-01-2024 Distribution update Detail