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Cybaeidae  Banks, 1892 / Cryphoeca  Thorell, 1870   9 species

Cryphoeca brignolii Thaler, 1980

Description

Palp male: tibia extended wing-like anteriorly. Vulva with V-shaped terminal part, with short branches.

Body length male: 2.5-3 mm
Body length female: 2.5-3 mm
Additional information

In stony debris areas above timberline, in heap of stones on alpine pastures, southern border of the Alps, 1400-1800 m

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Switzerland, Italy
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.

Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) |||
References

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 pdf

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

Thaler K (1980b) Cryphoeca brignolii n. sp., eine weitere Reliktart der Südalpen - mit Artenschlüssel und Versuch eines Kladogramms. Zoologischer Anzeiger 204: 400-408 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
23-06-2025 Distribution update Detail
05-02-2019 Datasheet update Detail