Dicymbium brevisetosum Locket, 1962
Description
Tibial apophysis hook-shaped, bent outwardly. Prosoma dark brown, with blackish radial stripes, slightly elevated head region. Legs yellow-brown to red-brown. Tibia I with short hairs. Opisthosoma grey-black.
Body length male: 1.8-2.5 mmBody length female: 2.0-2.7 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Palpal patella
(Locket et al. 1974)
Palpal patella, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)
Leg I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1986a)
Tibia I
(Locket et al. 1974)
Tibia I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Tibia I, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1986a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Tibia I
(Wiehle 1960a)
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.
References
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 
Biteniekytė M, Rėlys V (2012) The checklist of Lithuanian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Biologija 57: 148-158
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Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
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Thaler K (1986a) Über wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen, VII. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 59: 487-498
Thaler K (1999b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 6. Linyphiidae 2: Erigoninae (sensu Wiehle) (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 79: 215-264
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Wiehle H (1960a) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: 1-620
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2