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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Agyneta  Hull, 1911   42 species

Agyneta arietans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)

Description
Male

Palp: Resembles A. rurestris. Patella elevated upwards, anteriorly with a perpendicular, conical and very blunt process. Legs light yellow. tibiae slightly darker.

Body length male: 2 mm
Female

Female unknown.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Germany, Poland
Phenology
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Distribution List
Germany   (Kielhorn, 2016; Blick et al., 2016) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025; Caporiacco, 1927) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) |||
References

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 pdf

Caporiacco L di (1927) Secondo saggio sulla-fauna aracnologica della Carnia e regioni limitrofe. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 5: 70-130 pdf

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

Kielhorn K-H (2016) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Webspinnen und Weberknechte in Berlin und Brandenburg. Märkische Entomologische Nachrichten 17(2): 261-286 pdf

Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html pdf

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 pdf

Wiehle H (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, X. 28: Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
30-10-2022 Distribution update Detail