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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Metapanamomops  Millidge, 1977   1 species

Metapanamomops kaestneri  (Wiehle, 1961)

Description

Embolus twisted. Prosoma yellow-brown, tinged with black, dark circles around all eyes. Sternum dark grey, with bright spots. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey-brown, darker ventrally.

Body length male: 1.8 mm
Body length female: 2.0 mm
Additional information

In dry grassland and heathland.

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Germany to Russia (Europe), Finland
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.

Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016; Kielhorn, 2016) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Central   (Esyunin et al., 2023c) ||| Russia, Eastern   (no references) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) |||
References

Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 pdf

Esyunin S, Agafonova O, Ruchin A, Semishin G, Esin M, Artaev O (2023c) Spider fauna (Arachnida, Araneae) in Mordovia State Nature Reserve and National Park "Smolny" (Russia). Biodiversity Data Journal 11(e105979): 1-15 pdf

Kielhorn K-H (2016) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Webspinnen und Weberknechte in Berlin und Brandenburg. Märkische Entomologische Nachrichten 17(2): 261-286 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

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App pdf

Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html pdf

Wiehle H (1961a) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Spinnenfauna II. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 37: 171-188 pdf

Wozny M (1978) Die Beschreibung des Weibchens der Spinnenart Micrargus kaestneri Wiehle (Aranei, Erigonidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 48: 437-438 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
23-10-2023 Distribution update Detail
23-10-2023 Distribution insert Detail
24-12-2015 Image insert