Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Porrhomma  Simon, 1884   18 species

Porrhomma campbelli F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894

Description
Male

Male palp with upper apophysis dorsally concave, bent upward.
Eyes normal to reduced.

Body length male: 2.0-3.0 mm
Female

Vulva with finger-shaped receptacula seminis inward-directed. 

Body length female: 2.0-3.0 mm
Additional information

From the plain up to high mountain region, under stones

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe to Russia (Middle Siberia)
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Figures
Distribution List
Austria   (Thaler, 1995) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (Scharff & Gudik-Sørensen, 2006) ||| Faroe Islands   (Lissner et al., 2016b) ||| Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Luxembourg   (Kreuels et al., 2019) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Northern Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) ||| Serbia   (Deltshev et al., 2003b) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
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