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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Tenuiphantes  Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996   26 species

Tenuiphantes nigriventris (L. Koch, 1879)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012886

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Description

Prosoma dark grey-brown. Sternum black. Legs yellow. Opisthosoma black, anteriorly with 2 white spots, continuing a white lateral band or to 2 spots posteriorly.

Frequency: Very rarely found

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, China, Japan
Figures
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male Pedipalp
(van Helsdingen et al. 1977)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Chelicera, lateral view
(van Helsdingen et al. 1977)

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female Epigyne
(van Helsdingen et al. 1977)

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female Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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Tibia IV, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Distribution List
Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Russia, Central   (no references) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a; Koponen et al., 1998) ||| Russia, Western   (no references) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) |||
References

Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 pdf

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp. pdf

Helsdingen P J van, Thaler K, Deltshev C (1977) The tenuis group of Lepthyphantes Menge (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 120: 1-54 pdf

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm pdf

Koponen S, Marusik Y M, Tanasevitch A V (1998) New data on the spider fauna of the Polar Urals (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 6: 109-119 pdf

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001] pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Morka G H (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 pdf

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