Minyriolus medusa (Simon, 1882)
Description
Tibial apophysis with 2 unequally long pointed processes, one of them bent. Epigyne slender, pointed triangular. Prosoma brownish yellow, with vague pattern, cephalic lobe pointed, bipartite. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma blackish, female: without scutum, male: with dorsal scutum.
Body length male: 1.3-1.4 mmBody length female: 1.3-1.4 mm
Additional information
in the ground layer of xerothermic rocky heathland
Frequency: Rarely found
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1972a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1972a)
Pedipalp
(Pesarini unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1972a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1972a)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Thaler 1972a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Denis 1954c)
Epigyne
(Déjean 2022a)
Epigyne
(Déjean 2022a)
Epigyne
(Déjean 2022a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Thaler 1972a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Déjean 2022a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Déjean 2022a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Denis 1954c)
Eyes, frontal view
(Holm 1979)
Distribution List
References
Caria M, Pantini P, Alamanni F, Ancona C, Cillo D, Bazzato E (2021) New records and interesting data for the Sardinian spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 53: 321-331 
Déjean S (2022a) De araneis Galliae IV, actualisation du référentiel des araignées de France - quatrième note. Cnephalocotes tristis Denis, 1954, synonyme junior de Minyriolus medusa (Simon, 1881). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 6: 39-47
Denis J (1954c) Araignées des environs d'Espingo (Haute-Garonne). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 89: 137-156
Holm Å (1979) A taxonomic study of European and East African species of the genera Pelecopsis and Trichopterna (Araneae, Linyphiidae), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species of Pelecopsis from Kenya. Zoologica Scripta 8: 255-278
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
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lissner J (2016c) A small study of the Corsican spider and pseudoscorpion fauna (Araneae, Pseudoscorpiones). Nieuwsbrief SPINED 36: 5-15
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Pesarini C (unpubl.)
Thaler K (1972a) Über einige wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen, II (Arachn., Araneae, Erigonidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 59: 29-50
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2