Linyphia tenuipalpis Simon, 1884

Naumova, Maria, Blagoev, Gergin & Deltshev, Christo, 2021, Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae), Zootaxa 4984 (1), pp. 228-257 : 240

Linyphia tenuipalpis Simon, 1884

Figs 12A–D , BOLD:AAF5224

Material. 1 ♀ (CBG), Slavyanka Mts , Nova Lovcha village, N 41.4190 ˚, E 23.7190 ˚, 730 m, 07.09.2009, M. Naumova leg., pasture with shrubs; 3♀ (CBG), GenBank : HM416955D, HM416956, HM416957, SampleID: BG- SPI-01-E10, BGSPI-01-E11, BGSPI-01-E12, Nova Lovcha village, Slavyanka Mt, N 41.419 ˚, E 23.719 ˚, 730 m, 07.09.2009, hand collecting, M. Naumova leg.

Remarks. Reported from Algeria, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus and European Russia to South Siberia ( World Spider Catalog 2021). New species for the Balkans. The only relatively closely known locality is in Marmara region in Anatolian Turkey ( Topçu et al. 2005). New photographs of the female habitus ( Fig. 12A ), epigyne ( Figs 12B–C ) and vulva ( Fig. 12D ) are presented.

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FIGURES 12A–D. Linyphia tenuipalpis, female. A Habitus, lateral. B–C Epigyne (B ventral, in situ; C posteroventral, dissected). D Vulva, dorsal, macerated.