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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Typhochrestus  Simon, 1884   28 species

Typhochrestus simoni Lessert, 1907

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013193

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Description

Tibial apophysis with long, bi-pointed process, distinctly perpendicular to apophysis. Epigyne with ± trapezoid median part. Prosoma brown, with darker median spot and radial stripes. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma black-grey.

Body length male: 1.5 mm
Body length female: 2.0 mm
Additional information

on open plains, prefers probably warm conditions

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2025): Spain, France, Britain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Thaler 1980a)

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1980a)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Roberts 1987)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket et al. 1974)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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female Epigyne
(Thaler 1980a)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 pdf

Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin pdf

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp. pdf

Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp. pdf

Thaler K (1980a) Über wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen - VI (Arachnida: Aranei, Erigonidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 87: 579-603 pdf

WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
16-10-2025 Distribution update Detail