Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Bolyphantes  C. L. Koch, 1837   9 species

Bolyphantes lamellaris Tanasevitch, 1990

Description
Male

Anterior metatarsi with only 1 dorsal spine. Palp: Patellar spine slender and with small denticles, suprategulum with small tooth. Embolus forked.

Prosoma length: 1.1 mm, prosoma width: 0.9 mm.

Body length male: 2.3 mm
Female

Anterior metatarsi with only 1 dorsal spine. Epigyne: proximal part of scape with parallel sides, distal part evenly rounded.

Prosoma length: 1.2 mm, prosoma width: 0.9 mm.

Body length female: 2.7 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy, Greece, Russia (Caucasus)
Figures
Distribution List
Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) |||
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

Helsdingen P J van, Thaler K, Deltshev C (2001) The European species of Bolyphantes with an attempt of a phylogenetic analysis (Araneae Linyphiidae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 80: 3-35 pdf

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 pdf

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Tanasevitch A V (1990) The spider family Linyphiidae in the fauna of the Caucasus (Arachnida, Aranei). In: Striganova B R (ed.), Fauna nazemnykh bespozvonochnykh Kavkaza. Moscow, Akaedemia Nauk, pp. 5-114 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
05-12-2024 Distribution update Detail
11-07-2016 Datasheet update Detail