Minicia elegans Simon, 1894
Description
Male
Prosoma orange to yellowish brown, anterior part of cephalic tubercle and foveal region grey, margin dark grey. Prosoma length: 0.60-0.64 mm, prosoma width: 0.52-0.54 mm. Legs yellowish to orange-brown, patellae paler. Opisthosoma greyish white, median and lateral parts with dark grey stripes (the latter sometimes interrupted), posteriorly with 2 transverse stripes.
Body length male: 1.5 mmFemale
Prosoma legth: 0.69-0.78 mm, prosoma width: 0.56-0.64 mm. Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 1.6-1.8 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 2007)
Embolic division, mesal view
(Bosmans 2007)
Cymbium, dorsal view
(Bosmans 2007)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Bosmans 2007)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans 2007)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans 2007)
Vulva
(Lauterbach unpubl.)
Vulva
(Lauterbach unpubl.)
Distribution List
References
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Bosmans R (2007) Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XII. Miscellaneous erigonine genera and additional records (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 143: 117-163
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Lauterbach S (unpubl.) .
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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| 17-12-2013 | Datasheet update | Detail |
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