Canalidion montanum (Emerton, 1882)
Description
Male
Palp: embolus short, in a distal position, consequently hidden in the ventral view of the bulb, cymbium dorsally with a basal depression. Prosoma 1.1-1.3 mm long. Characters as in female. Epigastric area not bulging.
Body length male: 3.4-3.8 mmFemale
Prosoma yellowish, with a dark median band narrower behind, and a black borderline. Prosoma 1.1-1.4 mm long. Sternum bordered with black. Chelicerae: promargin with 2 teeth. Legs yellowish, with dark wide annulations, metatarsus III with a trichobothrium. Opisthosoma dorsally greyish, with a light dentate median band, bordered with blackish, ventrally whitish.
Body length female: 3.7-4.4 mm
Additional information
In coniferous forests.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levi 1957a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levi 1957a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levi 1957a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2008a)
Cymbium, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2008a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levi 1957a)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levi 1957a)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levi 1957a)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Wunderlich 2008a)
Distribution List
References
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp.
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
Levi H W (1957a) The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112: 1-124
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Sandström J (2015) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2015. Rödlista över spindeldjur Arachnida. pp. 147-149.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (2008a) On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5: 140-469