Troglohyphantes spinipes
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| Troglohyphantes spinipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Troglohyphantes |
| Species: | T. spinipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Troglohyphantes spinipes Fage, 1919 | |
Troglohyphantes spinipes is a species of spider in the family Linyphiidae that is endemic to Slovenia, living in caves in the Kočevje mountains. It is a relatively small spider, between 3.6 and 3.9 mm (0.14 and 0.15 in) in length. The male is smaller than the female. It has a fawn-reddish cephalothorax, brownish sternum and white abdomen. The species is one of three, alongside Troglohyphantes similis and Troglohyphantes gracilis, sometimes referred to as the Kočevje subterranean spider, which are found in contiguous ranges.
Troglohyphantes spinipes is a species of sheet weaver spiders, members of the family Linyphiidae, that was first described by Louis Fage in 1919.[2] He allocated the species to the genus Troglohyphantes, which had been circumscribed by Gustav Joseph in 1881.[3] The genus has specialised in living in caves, with reduced vision, some species losing their eyes, and slower development.[4] It is a member of a group called croaticus within the genus, which is itself part of the subgenus Troglohyphantes.[5]