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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Caracladus  Simon, 1884   3 species

Caracladus avicula  (L. Koch, 1869)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009689

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Description

Epigyne with trapezoid median plate, anteriorly wider than posteriorly. Prosoma yellow-blackish to red-brown, with dark pattern, that can also be missing. Male prosoma with bird head-like eye stalk. Legs yellow-brownish. Opisthosoma blackish.

Body length male: 2.2 mm
Body length female: 1.8-2.2 mm
Additional information

in moss and litter of subalpine coniferous forests

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Thaler 1969)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)

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male Embolic division, prolateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1969)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1969)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)

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male Prosoma, frontal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)

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female Epigyne/vulva
(Thaler 1972a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)

species

Tibia I
(Frick & Muff 2009)

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.

Austria   (no references) ||| France   (no references) ||| Germany   (no references) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Romania   (no references) ||| Switzerland   (no references) |||
References

Frick H, Muff P (2009) Revision of the genus Caracladus with the description of Caracladus zamoniensis spec. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Erigoninae). Zootaxa 1982: 1-37 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Thaler K (1969) Über einige wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus Tirol (Arachn., Araneae, Erigonidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 57: 195-219 pdf

Thaler K (1972a) Über einige wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen, II (Arachn., Araneae, Erigonidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 59: 29-50 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
21-11-2020 Datasheet update Detail