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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Pelecopsis  Simon, 1864   41 species

Pelecopsis bicornuta Hillyard, 1980

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012246

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Description

Pedipalpus in males with swollen patella. Tibial apophysis terminally with 4 denticles. Epigyne with indented posterior margin. Prosoma punctured, orange-brown, head region darker. Sternum orange-brown, margin darker. Legs pale orange. Opisthosoma grey, with scutum

Body length male: 1.98-2.34 mm
Body length female: 2.25-2.6 mm
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, Spain, Morocco
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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male Embolic division
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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female Epigyne
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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female Vulva
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

Distribution List
Morocco   (Bosmans & Abrous, 1992; Benhalima & Bosmans, 2024) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535 pdf

Bosmans R, Abrous O (1992) Studies on North African Linyphiidae VI. The genera Pelecopsis Simon, Trichopterna Kulczyński and Ouedia gen. n. (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9: 65-85 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 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

Updates
05-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
22-01-2024 Distribution update Detail