Gibbaranea ullrichi (Hahn, 1835)
Description
Male palp with median apophysis, distinctly bipartite at base. Epigyne with drop-shaped lateral parts on both sides of scapus, its inner margins ± parallel. Prosoma dark brown, sometimes brighter, dorsally brightened in the middle. Sternum dark brown, sometimes brighter. Legs light brown, darkly annulated. Opisthosoma bright grey-brown, sometimes vague folium or brown transverse stripes.
Body length male: 6.0 mmBody length female: 7.5 mm
Additional information
on low plants in sunny and warm places
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1931)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1931)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1931)
Median apophysis
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Azheganova 1968)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1931)
Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
Epigyne
(Fomichev 2022a)
Epigyne
(Rückl 2023a)
Habitus
(Loksa 1972)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Rückl 2023a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1931)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Azheganova 1968)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1931)
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.
References
Azheganova N S (1968) Kratkii opredelitel' paukov (Aranei) lesnoi i lesostepnoi zony SSSR. Akademia Nauk SSSR, 149pp. 
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
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
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 22 July 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp.
Fomichev A A (2022a) New data on spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of the plain part of Altai Territory, Russia. Acta Biologica Sibirica 8: 211-236
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Helsdingen P J van (2010b) Gibbaranea ullrichi (Hahn, 1835) (Araneae, Araneidae) in the Netherlands. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 29: 6-9
Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp.
Helsdingen P J van, IJland S, Komnenov M (2018) Inventory of the spiders (Araneae) of the border region of northern Greece with Albania and FYR Macedonia. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 37: 5-23
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
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Loksa I (1972) Pokok II-Araneae II. Fauna Hungariae 109: 1-112
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
Rückl K (2023a) Křižák Gibbaranea ullrichi v Česku – jehla v kupce sena nalezena! [The orb-weaver Gibbaranea ullrichi in Czechia – the needle in the haystack was found]. Pavouk 54: 5-11
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Thaler K, Knoflach B (2003) Zur Faunistik der Spinnen (Araneae) von Österreich: Orbiculariae p.p. (Araneidae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiosomatidae, Uloboridae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 35: 613-655
Wiehle H (1931) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, VI. 27: Familie Araneidae. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 23: 47-136
WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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| 02-07-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 12-07-2021 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 17-03-2018 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 03-01-2018 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 30-12-2017 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 01-12-2013 | Distribution update | Detail |