Tenuiphantes tenuis (Blackwall, 1852)

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2011, On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from the Eastern and Central Mediterranean kept at the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (1), pp. 49-91 : 83

Tenuiphantes tenuis (Blackwall, 1852)

MATERIAL: 1 ♀, Greece, Naupactus , 14.IV.1979, leg. S. Vit. – 1 Ƌ, Crete, Rethimnon, Axos / Anogia , 3.VII.1970, leg. A. Senglet [7013]. – 1 ♀, Dariviana (35°13’N, 24°31’E), 2.X.1999, leg. A. Senglet. – 7 Ƌ, 14 ♀; 2 ♀ ( ZMMU), Cyprus, Cedar Valley , 1200 m a.s.l., sifting litter under fern, 24.VII.1977, leg. C. Besuchet [42]. – 3 Ƌ, 4 ♀, same locality, 18.VII.1977, leg. C. Besuchet [27b]. – 1 Ƌ, 4 ♀, same locality, 15.VII.1977, leg. C. Besuchet [19]. – 1 ♀, above Ayia , 950 m a.s.l., sifting litter under Pinus , 12.VII.1977, leg. C. Besuchet [11a]. – 1 ♀, Limassol District, Ayios Dimitrios , 700 m a.s.l., sifting litter, 9.VII.1977, leg. S. Vit [c/15]. – 1 ♀, Nicosia, Alonoudhi Junction , 600 m a.s.l., sifting litter under Platanus , 15.VII.1977, leg. S. Vit [c/27]. – 1 ♀, same locality, irrigation canal, 10.VII.1977, leg. S. Vit.

REMARKS: This species is here reported for the first time for the Cypriot fauna.

RANGE: European-Ancient Mediterranean. Introduced to New Zealand ( Millidge, 1988), to Chili and Argentina ( Millidge, 1991), as well as to North America ( Paquin et al., 2010).