Iberina difficilis (Harm, 1966)
Description
Vulva with very small, longish stalked median receptacula seminis. Distance between primary receptacula seminis more than their diameter. Prosoma reddish brown, with spots. Opisthosoma blackish grey with indistinct chevrons.
Body length male: 1.4-2 mmBody length female: 1.4-2 mm
Additional information
In mountain forests
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Harm 1966)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Pedipalp, expanded, retrolateral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Růžička 2022)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Růžička 2022)
Tibial apophysis
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Tibial apophysis
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Naumova et al. 2021)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Harm 1966)
Epigyne
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Epigyne
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva
(Harm 1966)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Růžička 2022)
Metatarsus and tarsus I, lateral view
(Wiśniewski et al. 2013)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Harm 1966)
Patella and tibia
(Harm 1966)
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
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 
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
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Harm M (1966) Die deutschen Hahniidae (Arach., Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 47: 345-370
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
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
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Naumova M, Blagoev G, Deltshev D (2021) Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 4984: 228-257
Růžička V (2022) A review of the spider genus Iberina (Araneae, Hahniidae). Zootaxa 5133: 555-566
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
Thaler K (1997b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 3: "Lycosaeformia" (Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Argyronetidae, Pisauridae, Oxyopidae, Lycosidae) und Gnaphosidae (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 75/76: 97-146
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
Wiśniewski K, Rozwałka R, Wesołowska W (2013) The first record of Hahnia difficilis Harm, 1966 (Araneae, Hahniidae) in Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica 56: 55-63
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2