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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Pelecopsis  Simon, 1864   41 species

Pelecopsis modica  Hillyard, 1980

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012281

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Description

Tibial apophysis with 1 recurved denticle. Epigyne with sinous posterior margin. Prosoma reddish orange-yellow, punctured, head region tinged with brown. Sternum reddish orange-yellow, punctured. Legs bright orange-yellow. Opisthosoma black, with scutum and punctured spots

Body length male: 2.5 mm
Body length female: 2.7 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain, Morocco
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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male Embolus
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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female Epigyne
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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female Dorsal epigynal plate, postero-ventral view
(Bosmans & Abrous 1992)

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.

Morocco   (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

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

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 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf