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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Palliduphantes  Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2001   66 species

Palliduphantes stygius  (Simon, 1884)

Description
Male

Colouration variable. Prosoma pale yellow to yellowish brown, with grey striae and margin. Prosoma length: 0.80-0.89 mm, prosoma width: 0.68-0.74 mm. Legs pale yellow to yellowish brown, streaked with grey. Opisthosoma pale grey to almost black, dark specimens with 5-6 faint pale chevrons in posterior half.

Body length male: 1.6-2.2 mm
Female

Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 1.9-2.6 mm
Additional information

Found in a wide variety of habitats.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Portugal, Spain, France, Azores
Phenology
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Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

France   (no references) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Bosmans R, Cardoso P, Crespo L C (2010) A review of the linyphiid spiders of Portugal, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 2473: 1-67 pdf

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

Denis J (1964a) Spiders from the Azores and Madeira. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 18: 68-102 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
17-12-2013 Datasheet update Detail
05-11-2013 Image insert