Dactylopisthes digiticeps (Simon, 1882)
Description
Tibial apophysis large, sickle-shaped. Prosoma dark brown, with dark median spot and radial pattern. Male: with typical nose-shaped, haired head process. Sternum dark brown, long haired. Opisthosoma black, shiny fatty metallic, with transverse rows of bright spots in posterior third.
Body length male: 1.2-1.6 mmBody length female: 1.5 mm
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Kritscher 1957)
Pedipalp
(Weiss & Schneider 1996)
Pedipalp
(Kritscher 1957)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2009)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Gajdoš et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gajdoš et al. 2023b)
Bulbus
(Weiss & Schneider 1996)
Embolic division, prolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2009)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2009)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2009)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Gajdoš et al. 2023b)
Epigyne
(Weiss & Schneider 1996)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2009)
Epigyne
(Dolanský 2023)
Vulva
(Weiss & Schneider 1996)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2009)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Kritscher 1957)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Weiss & Schneider 1996)
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
Bosmans R, Baert L, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H, Maelfait J-P, Van Keer J (2009) Spiders of Lesbos (Greece). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 24(suppl.): 1-70 
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Dolanský J (2023) Pavučenka prstohlavá Dactylopisthes digiticeps (Simon, 1881) nalezena na území Česka [Dactylopisthes digiticeps (Simon, 1881) recorded in the Czech Republic. Pavouk 54: 3-4
Gajdoš P, Černecká Ľ, Purgat P, Šestáková A (2023b) Pannonic salt marshes – important habitats for ground-active spider communities. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 24-33
Gajić I, Grbić G (2016) Further notes on spiders from the Special Nature Reserve Zasavica (Serbia). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 51: 49-56
Kritscher E (1957) Dactylopisthes digiticeps (Simon 1881) (Aran., Micryphantidae), eine für Österreich neue Spinne. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 62: 233-235
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Weiss I, Schneider E (1996) Erstbeschreibung des Weibchens von Dactylopisthes digiticeps (Simon, 1881) (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B 98: 111-116
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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