Tenuiphantes mengei (Kulczyński, 1887)

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Described:

Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Alaska


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: National Museum of Natural History = United States National Museum (USNM), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA f of Linyphia arctica  - (Slowik & Marusik, 2025)
Taxonomic References
Linyphia concinna L. Koch, 1879c: 37, pl. 1, f. 26-26a (Df; preoccuppied by Thorell, 1875, see Centromerita concinna)
Linyphia arctica Keyserling, 1886b: 85, pl. 14, f. 179 (Df, nomen oblitum per Slowik & Marusik, 2025: 301) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011089]
Lepthyphantes mengei Kulczyński, 1887: 322, pl. 7, f. 37-39 (Dmf) Original description
Lephthyphantes mengei Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 70, pl. 3, f. 6 (mf)
Bathyphantes arcticus Banks, 1899a: 347 (T from Linyphia)
Linyphia tomskica Strand, 1900a: 102 (replacement name for L. concinna L. Koch) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060595]
Lepthyphantes mengei Bösenberg, 1901: 80, pl. 7, f. 89 (mf)
Lepthyphantes gallicus Simon, 1929: 591, 594, 734, f. 906-907 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060589]
Lepthyphantes mengei Brændegaard, 1932a: 13, f. 3 (f)
Linyphia concinnella Roewer, 1942a: 578 (superfluous replacement name for Linyphia concinna L. Koch) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060585]
Lepthyphantes concinnus Holm, 1945b: 56 (S of Lepthyphantes gallicus, Linyphia concinnella and L. tomskica; using unavailable primary homonym, but effectively removing L. m. from S of L. pygmaeus, contra Roewer)
Lepthyphantes mengei Miller, 1947: 79, pl. XII, f. 8-11, 14, pl. XII, f. 1 (mf)
Lepthyphantes arcticus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947b: 57 (T from Bathyphantes)
Lepthyphantes concinnus Jong, 1950: 213, f. 3 (f)
Lepthyphantes mengei Locket & Millidge, 1953: 388, f. 231A, C, E, 232C-D (mf)
Lepthyphantes mengei Wiehle, 1956: 202, f. 340-343 (mf)
Lepthyphantes mengei Brændegaard, 1958: 86, f. 84-85 (mf)
Lepthyphantes tenebricola Locket, Millidge & van Helsdingen, 1970: 90, f. 1-8 (mf, S of Lepthyphantes mengei with L. tenebricola; rejected by petition to ICZN by Locket, Millidge & van Helsdingen, 1978 and ICZN, 1983)
Lepthyphantes mengei Tystshenko, 1971: 219, f. 672, 690 (mf)
Lepthyphantes mengei Miller, 1971: 229, pl. XLV, f. 12-13 (mf)
Lepthyphantes mengei Wanless, 1971: 22, f. 2E-F, 6F (f)
Lepthyphantes mengei Wanless, 1973: 129, f. I.6, VI.6 (f)
Lepthyphantes mengei Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 117, f. 74C-D (m)
Lepthyphantes mengei Palmgren, 1975: 60, f. 12.20-25 (mf)
Lepthyphantes mengei Utochkin & Pakhorukov, 1976: 87, f. 16 (f)
Lepthyphantes mengei van Helsdingen, Thaler & Deltshev, 1977: 8, f. 3-5, 55 (mf)
Lepthyphantes mengei Roberts, 1987: 152, f. 79a (mf)
Lepthyphantes mengei Tanasevitch, 1990: 25, 97, f. 25.8 (fm f. 26.13-14 see Tenuiphantes perseus)
Lepthyphantes mengei Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 188, f. 514 (mf)
Lepthyphantes mengei Roberts, 1995: 361, f. (mf)
Lepthyphantes mengei Agnarsson, 1996: 148, f. 167B (mf)
Tenuiphantes mengei Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 1996b: 182, f. 14B (m, T from Lepthyphantes; f. 14C see Tenuiphantes perseus)
Lepthyphantes mengei Roberts, 1998: 372, f. (mf)
Tenuiphantes mengei Malten & Blick, 2007: 59, f. 49-50 (m)
Tenuiphantes mengei Tanasevitch, 2009a: 411, f. 80-82, 86-89, 95-97 (mf)
Tenuiphantes mengei Dolanský, 2012: 16, f. 1, 3, 5 (m)
Tenuiphantes mengei Wang et al., 2015c: 142, f. 2e (f)
Tenuiphantes mengei Zhan et al., 2019: 9, f. 3C (f)
Tenuiphantes mengei Lecigne, 2020: 58, pl. 4J (f)
Tenuiphantes mengei Slowik & Marusik, 2025: 301, f. 1F (f, S of Lepthyphantes arcticus, nomen oblitum)
Tenuiphantes mengei Tanasevitch, 2026: 132, f. 2-3, 13-14 (mf)
References

Agnarsson, I. (1996). Íslenskar köngulær. Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar 31: 1-175. -- Show included taxa

Banks, N. (1899a). Arachnida. In: Ashmead, W. H. (ed.) Reports upon the insects, mites and myriapods collected by Dr. L. Stejneger and Mr. G.E.H. Barrett-Hamilton on the Commander Islands. Report of Fur-Seal Investigations, 1896-97, 328-351 (pt. IV, Appendix C, pp. 347-350). -- Show included taxa

Bösenberg, W. (1901). Die Spinnen Deutschlands. I. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(1): 1-96, Pl. 1-8. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.6508 -- Show included taxa

Brændegaard, J. (1932a). Araneae. In: Isländische Spinnentiere. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar (5) B2(7): 8-36. -- Show included taxa

Brændegaard, J. (1958). Araneida. In: The Zoology of Iceland. Ejnar Munksgaard Copenhagen 3(54), 1-113. -- Show included taxa

Chamberlin, R. V. & Ivie, W. (1947b). The spiders of Alaska. Bulletin of the University of Utah 37(10): 1-103. -- Show included taxa

Chyzer, C. & Kulczyński, W. (1894). Araneae Hungariae. Tomus II. Academia Scientarum Hungaricae Budapest, pp. 1-151, Pl. I-V. -- Show included taxa

Dolanský, J. (2012). Poznámky k morfologii samců plachetnatky žlutonohé Tenuiphantes flavipes a plachetnatky Mengeho Tenuiphantes mengei. Pavouk 33: 16-18. -- Show included taxa

Heimer, S. & Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp. -- Show included taxa

Helsdingen, P. J. van, Thaler, K. & Deltshev, C. (1977). The tenuis group of Lepthyphantes Menge (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 120: 1-54. -- Show included taxa

Holm, Å. (1945b). Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Torneträskgebietes. Arkiv för Zoologi 36(A15): 1-80. -- Show included taxa

Jong, B. de (1950). Bijdrage tot de kennis van de nederlandse spinnenfauna (Araneae). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 28: 212-217. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1886b). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. II. Hälfte. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 295 pp., pl. 11-21. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1879c). Arachniden aus Sibirien und Novaja Semlja, eingesammelt von der schwedischen Expedition im Jahre 1875. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 16(5): 1-136, pl. 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Kulczyński, W. (1887). Przyczynek do tyrolskiej fauny pajeczakow. Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzen Wydzialu Matematyczno Przyrodniczego Akademji Umiejetnosci, Krakow 16: 245-356 (+ appendix, pp. 1-12). -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S. (2020). Sur quelques observations intéressantes d’araignées du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais (France) - 1re note. Le Héron 51(2, 2018): 45-60. -- Show included taxa

Locket, G. H. & Millidge, A. F. (1953). British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. -- Show included taxa

Locket, G. H., Millidge, A. F. & Helsdingen, P. J. van (1970). An observation on the type material of Lepthyphantes tenebricola (Wider) (Linyphia tenebricola Wider 1834). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 1: 90-91. -- Show included taxa

Locket, G. H., Millidge, A. F. & Merrett, P. (1974). British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp. -- Show included taxa

Malten, A. & Blick, T. (2007). Araneae (Spinnen). In: Dorow, W.H.O. & Kopelke, J.-P. (eds). Naturwaldreservate in Hessen 7/2.2. Hohestein. Zoologische Untersuchungen 1994-1996, Teil 2. Mitteilungen der Hessischen Landesforstverwaltung 42: 7-93. -- Show included taxa

Miller, F. (1947). Pavoučí zvířena hadcových stepí u Mohelna. Archiv Svazu na Výzkum a Ochranu Přírody i Krajiny v Zemi Moravskoslezské 7: 1-107. -- Show included taxa

Miller, F. (1971). Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306. -- Show included taxa

Palmgren, P. (1975). Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens VI. Linyphiidae 1 (Die Linyphiinae und Linyphiinae-ähnlichen Micryphantinae). Fauna Fennica 28: 1-102. -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1987). The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: Linyphiidae and check list. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp. -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1995). Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins London, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1998). Spinnengids. Tirion Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy Bremen, 1040 pp. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. & Tanasevitch, A. V. (1996b). Redelimitation of the subfamily Micronetinae Hull, 1920 and the genus Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 with descriptions of some new genera (Aranei, Linyphiidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 83: 163-186. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1929). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 3e partie. Roret, Paris, 533-772. -- Show included taxa

Slowik, J. & Marusik, Y. M. (2025). Notes of linyphiid species (Aranei: Linyphiidae) described by Keyserling from Alaska. Arthropoda Selecta 34(2): 298-302. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.2.15 -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1900a). Arachnologisches. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 38(1): 95-102. -- Show included taxa

Tanasevitch, A. V. (1990). The spider family Linyphiidae in the fauna of the Caucasus (Arachnida, Aranei). In: B. R. Striganova (ed.) Fauna nazemnykh bespozvonochnykh Kavkaza. Akademia Nauk, Moscow, pp. 5-114. -- Show included taxa

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2009a). The linyphiid spiders of Iran (Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 116: 379-420. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.81325 -- Show included taxa

Tanasevitch, A. V. (2026). New records of forest linyphiid spiders from the Adygea Republic and Krasnodar Krai, northern Caucasus, Russia (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 35(1): 128-134. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.35.1.14 -- Show included taxa

Tystshenko, V. P. (1971). Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj chasti SSSR. Leningrad, 281 pp. -- Show included taxa

Utochkin, A. S. & Pakhorukov, N. M. (1976). Materialy k faune paukov zapovednika. Trudy Pechoro-Ilycheskogo Gosudarstvennogo Zapovednika 13: 78-88. -- Show included taxa

Wang, F., Ballesteros, J. A., Hormiga, G., Chesters, D., Zhang, Y. J., Sun, N., Zhu, C. D., Chen, W. & Tu, L. H. (2015c). Resolving the phylogeny of a speciose spider group, the family Linyphiidae (Araneae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 91: 135-149 & Appendices. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.005 -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1971). The female genitalia of the spider genus Lepthyphantes (Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 2: 20-28. -- Show included taxa

Wanless, F. R. (1973). The female genitalia of British spiders of the genus Lepthyphantes (Linyphiidae) II. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 2: 127-142. -- Show included taxa

Wiehle, H. (1956). Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). 28. Familie Linyphiidae – Baldachinspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337. -- Show included taxa

Zhan, Y., Jiang, H., Wu, Q., Zhang, H., Bai, Z. S., Kuntner, M. & Tu, L. H. (2019). Comparative morphology refines the conventional model of spider reproduction. PLoS One 14(7, e0218486): 1-16 & 12 Supplements. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218486 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-03-25 New taxonomic reference entry Tanasevitch, 2026
2026-03-25 Taxonomic reference update Old value
2025-06-21 Species distribution update Slowik & Marusik, 2025 Old value
2025-06-21 New taxonomic reference entry Slowik & Marusik, 2025
2025-06-21 Species synonymy Slowik & Marusik, 2025 Tenuiphantes arcticus synonymized with Tenuiphantes mengei
2020-03-18 New taxonomic reference entry Lecigne, 2020
2019-08-19 New taxonomic reference entry Zhan et al., 2019
2017-11-20 New taxonomic reference entry Dolanský, 2012
2016-10-25 New taxonomic reference entry Wang et al., 2015c
2015-02-16 New taxonomic reference entry Malten & Blick, 2007

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