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Lepthyphantes minutus

Description

Lepthyphantes minutus (Blackwall, 1833)

Description: Wiehle (1956: 171, figs 286–290), Roberts (1987: 148, fig. 77c).

Previous records: Braga: Peneda-Gerês NP, Terras de Bouro, Mata da Albergaria (Cardoso et al. 2008b). Setúbal: Arrábida NP, Vale da Rasca (Cardoso et al. 2008a).

New records: Bragança: Douro Internacional NP, Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Picotino, 4 males 3 females, 3.X–28.XI.2001 (CPC). Coimbra: Mata Nacional do Choupal, 1 male, 5.X.2006 (CLC).

Distribution: Holarctic.

Habitat type: Prefers habitats with dense tree cover.

Phenology: Adults of this species have been collected in May/June and October/November.

Notes

Published as part of Bosmans, Robert, Cardoso, Pedro & Crespo, Luis Carlos, 2010, A review of the linyphiid spiders of Portugal, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae) 2473, pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 2473 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2473.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10094179

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2001-10-03 , 2006-10-05
Verbatim event date
2001-10-03/11-28 , 2006-10-05
Scientific name authorship
Blackwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Linyphiidae
Genus
Lepthyphantes
Species
minutus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lepthyphantes minutus (Blackwall, 1833) sec. Bosmans, Cardoso & Crespo, 2010

References

  • Wiehle, H. (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). 28. Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands, 44, i - viii, 1 - 337.
  • Roberts, M. J. (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: Linyphiidae and check list. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
  • Cardoso, P., Scharff, N., Gaspar, C., Henriques, S. S., Carvalho, R., Castro, P. H., Schmidt, J. B., Silva, I., Szuts, T., Castro, A. & Crespo, L. C. (2008 b) Rapid biodiversity assessment of spiders (Araneae) using semi-quantitative sampling: a case study in a Mediterranean forest. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 1, 71 - 84.
  • Cardoso, P., Gaspar, C., Pereira, L. C., Silva, I., Henriques, S. S., Silva, R. R. & Sousa, P. (2008 a) Assessing spider species richness and composition in Mediterranean cork oak forests. Acta Oecologica, 33, 114 - 127.