Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Robertus  O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879   18 species

Robertus ungulatus Vogelsanger, 1944

Description
Male

Cymbium distally with 2 robust denticles. Prosoma yellow-brown, shiny, darker margin only vague. Sternum dark brown. Chelicerae yellow-brown, robust. Legs brown, unicoloured, short and robust. Opisthosoma yellowish grey to almost black.

Body length male: 2.0-2.5 mm
Female

Epigyne with flat, strongly sclerotised groove. Vulva with very short entrance ducts. 

Body length female: 2.0-2.5 mm
Additional information

In sunny, but very damp localities under stones and leaves

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2025): Europe, Russia (South Siberia to Far East), China
Phenology
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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.

Austria   (Knoflach & Thaler, 1998) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (Glime & Lissner, 2013) ||| Estonia   (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Lithuania   (Biteniekytė & Rėlys, 2012) ||| Norway   (Farlund, 2019) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Kaliningrad Region   (Schikora, 1997) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) |||
References

Aadland B (unpubl.) .

Biteniekytė M, Rėlys V (2012) The checklist of Lithuanian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Biologija 57: 148-158 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

Farlund M (2019) Norwegian Spiders - Norske edderkopper. Siste oppdatering for funn av nye arter 10. oktober, 2019. Online at http://crocea.wordpress.com/norsk-artsliste/ pdf

Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.

Glime J M, Lissner 2013 (2013) Chapter 7-5. Arthropods: spiders of peatlands in Denmark and tundra. In: Glime J M (ed.) Bryophyte Ecology. Volume 2. Bryological Interaction. 26 pp. 
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/bryophyte-ecology2/7/ pdf

Knoflach B, Thaler K (1998) Kugelspinnen und verwandte Familien von Österreich: ökofaunistische Übersicht (Araneae: Theridiidae, Anapidae, Mysmenidae, Nesticidae). Stapfia 667-712 pdf

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

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

Miller F (1967) Studien über die Kopulationsorgane der Spinnengattung Zelotes, Micaria, Robertus und Dipoena nebst Beschreibung einiger neuen oder unvollkommen bekannten Spinnenarten. Přírodovědné práce ústavů Československé Akademie Věd v Brně (N.S.) 1: 251-298 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

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 pdf

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 pdf

Schikora H-B (1997) Wachsende Regenmoorflächen im Zehlaubruch (Kaliningrad-Region): Extremlebensraum für epigäische Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae)? Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 27: 447-452 pdf

Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages 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

Wunderlich J (1976) Zur Kenntnis der mitteleuropäischen Arten der Gattung Enoplognatha Pavesi und Robertus O. Pick. Cambridge Senckenbergiana Biologica 57: 97-112 pdf

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