Ceratinella brevis (Wider, 1834)
Description
Epigyne with strongly sclerotised part near epigastric furrow, almost quadrangular. Prosoma dark brown. Opisthosoma grey-brown, female: dorsal scutum half as long as opisthosoma, male: dorsal scutum covers opisthosoma completely.
Body length male: 1.6-1.8 mmBody length female: 1.8-2 mm
Additional information
prefers woods and forests, only avoiding very damp or very dry places
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Saaristo unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Saaristo unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Coşar 2021e)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Coşar 2021e)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Coşar 2021e)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Grapci-Kotori et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Grapci-Kotori et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grapci-Kotori et al. 2022)
Embolus, prolateral view
(Saaristo unpubl.)
Embolic division, apical view
(Saaristo unpubl.)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Saaristo unpubl.)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Paracymbium
(Saaristo unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Saaristo unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Saaristo unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Coşar 2021e)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Saaristo unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Coşar 2021e)
Vulva, ventral view
(Coşar 2021e)
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
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244
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)
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152
Coşar İ (2021e) A new record of Ceratinella Emerton, 1882 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Turkey. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 27: 395-399
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2022) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2022 [last updated 24 August 2022], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Grapci-Kotori L, Geci D, Naumova M, Ibrahimi H, Bilalli A, Musliu M, Gashi A, Kasumaj E (2022) Spiders from Sharr Mountain – new faunistic data (Arachnida: Araneae). Natura Croatica 31: 335-350
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Hermann E (1998) Die Spinnen (Araneae) ausgewählter Halbtrockenrasen im Osten Luxemburgs. Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes Luxembourgeois 99: 189-199
Ivanov V V (2013) The checklist of Belarusian spiders (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoology and Ecology 4: 293-311
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
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Kreuels M, Staudt A, Christian S (2019) Die Spinnenfauna von Luxemburg – eine Zusammenstellung der Nachweise aus den Jahren 1906-2018 (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois 121: 203-230
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
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
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022) 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
Saaristo M I (unpubl.) [provided by Y. Marusik]
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Wiehle H (1960a) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: 1-620
WSC (2023) World Spider Catalog. Version 24. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (14.02.2023) doi: 10.24436/2