Caracladus avicula (L. Koch, 1869)
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 mmBody length female: 1.8-2.2 mm
Additional information
in moss and litter of subalpine coniferous forests
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1969)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Embolic division, prolateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1969)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1969)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Epigyne/vulva
(Thaler 1972a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Vulva, ventral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Tibia I
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Distribution List
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 
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
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
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Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Thaler K (1969) Über einige wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus Tirol (Arachn., Araneae, Erigonidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 57: 195-219
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
Thaler K (1999b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 6. Linyphiidae 2: Erigoninae (sensu Wiehle) (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 79: 215-264
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2