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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Entelecara  Simon, 1884   16 species

Entelecara media  Kulczyński, 1887

Description

Tibial apophysis with 2 parallel, closely arranged processes, ending pointed, distal process with 2 tips. Epigyne with median grooved, sclerotised arcs of epigynal plate, they encircling a bright field divided by further sclerotised ridges. Prosoma dark brown, median spot and radial stripes black-brown. Male: dorsal line descending step-like toward posterior end. Opisthosoma black-grey.

Body length male: 1.7-2 mm
Body length female: 1.6-2.1 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: The record from Ireland (van Helsingen 1996) is counted as E. errata, as there is no verified record of E. media from the British Isles; Ukraine needs confirmation (Gnelitsa, 2022).
Global distribution (WSC 2024): North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
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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.

Austria   (no references) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Czechia  Removed (Buchar & Růžička, 2002; Řezáč et al., 2015; Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Iceland   (Agnarsson, 1996) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Netherlands   (no references) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (no references) ||| Slovakia   (no references) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Sweden   (Tullgren, 1955) ||| Switzerland   (no references) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) |||
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

Agnarsson I (1996) Íslenskar köngulær Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar 31: 1-175 pdf

Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 pdf

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Buchar J, Růžička V (2002) Catalogue of spiders of the Czech Republic. Peres Publishers, Praha, 351 pp. pdf

Deltshev C (1985a) A contribution to the study of the family Erigonidae (Araneae) from Pirin Mountain, Bulgaria, with a description of a new species (Metopobactrus orbelicus sp. n.). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 6: 359-366 pdf

Gnelitsa V A (2022a) Entelecara Simon, 1884 species in Ukraine (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnology 19: 46-62 pdf

Holm Å (1980) Spiders (Araneae) from the Faroes. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5: 108-114 pdf

Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp. pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

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

Řezáč M, Kůrka A, Růžička V, Heneberg P (2015) Red List of Czech spiders: 3rd edition, adjusted according to evidence-based national conservation priorities. Biologia 70: 645-666 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

Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html pdf

Tullgren A (1955) Zur Kenntnis schwedischer Erigoniden. Arkiv för Zoologi (N.S.) 7: 295-389 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
12-12-2022 Distribution update Detail
03-11-2022 Distribution update Detail
15-03-2022 Datasheet update Detail
17-07-2020 Distribution update Detail
05-02-2019 Distribution update Detail
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24-04-2015 Distribution update Detail