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Genus: Mecopisthes Simon, 1926 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Mecopisthes alter Thaler, 1991

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011540

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Described:

Distribution: Italy

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Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Natural History Museum, Bern (NMBE) [= Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern], Switzerland 2m 1f (AR 25605, 25581, ex coll. Thaler) - (Thaler, 1991a)
Holotype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland m (ARTO-0027087) - (Thaler, 1991a)
Paratype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 2m (ARTO-0027088) - (Thaler, 1991a)
Paratype: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW), Wien/Vienna, Austria 2m - (Thaler, 1991a)
Paratype: Maria Theresia Noflatscher Private Collection, South Tyrol, Italy 1m - (Thaler, 1991a)

Taxonomic References

Mecopisthes alter Thaler, 1991a: 172, f. 22-27, 29-34 (Dmf) Original description

Mecopisthes alter Wunderlich, 2008e: 688, f. 17 (m)

References

Thaler, K. (1991a). Über wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen – VIII (Arachnida: Aranei, Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 98(1): 165-184. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.79783 -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (2008e). Descriptions of new taxa of European dwarf spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigonidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 5: 685-697. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

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