Centromerus sylvaticus (Blackwall, 1841)
Description
Bulbus with small apophysis, robust denticles on lamina. Paracymbium large. Epigyne red-brown. Prosoma yellow-brown, with dark margin in head region. Sternum brown, suffused with black. Chelicerae relatively long. Legs yellow-brown, robust. Opisthosoma grey to black, sometimes with bright transverse stripes posteriorly, ventrally mostly lighter.
Body length male: 2.2-4 mmBody length female: 3.5-4 mm
Additional information
frequent species in the ground litter of moderately damp woodland
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Miller 1958a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1956)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 1983a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deltshev 1983a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolic division
(Deltshev 1983a)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1956)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Deltshev 1983a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva
(Miller 1958a)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)
Vulva
(Deltshev 1983a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Femur I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
References
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)
Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152 
Deltshev C D (1983a) A contribution to the taxonomical study of sylvaticus group of genus Centromerus F. Dahl (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Bulgaria. Acta zool bulg 21: 53-58
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
Karabulut H, Türkeş T (2011) New records of Linyphiidae (Araneae) for Turkish araneo-fauna. Serket 11: 117-123
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British Spiders 2. Ray Soc London
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Miller F (1958a) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der tschechoslovakischen Spinnenarten aus der Gattung Centromerus Dahl. Acta Soc Entomol Cechoslov 55 (1): 71-91
Morka G H (unpubl.)
Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2017) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version May 2017). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester
Staudt A, Weber D, Nährig D (2013) Webspinnen (Arachnida, Araneae) aus Höhlen des Grossherzogtums Luxemburgs. Ferrantia 69: 115-157
Wiehle H (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, X. 28: Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337
World Spider Catalog (2018) World Spider Catalog, version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (15.07.2018) doi: 10.24436/2