Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Didectoprocnemis  Denis, 1950   1 species

Didectoprocnemis cirtensis (Simon, 1884)

Description
Male

Proosma yellowish to reddish brown, fovea and striae suffused with grey. Prosoma length: 0.66-0.80 mm, prosoma width: 0.56-0.62 mm. Legs yellowish to orange-brown. Opisthosoma grey to dark grey.

Body length male: 1.4-1.9 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 0.74-0.92 mm, prosoma width: 0.54-0.72 mm. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 1.8-2.4 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, France, Greece (Crete), Romania, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
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Distribution List
Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Morocco   (Benhalima & Bosmans, 2024) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Tunisia   (Kmira et al., 2025) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535 pdf

Bosmans R (2007) Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XII. Miscellaneous erigonine genera and additional records (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 143: 117-163 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Simon E (1926) Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 2e partie. Roret, Paris, 309-532 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

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
01-09-2025 Distribution update Detail
17-12-2013 Datasheet update Detail
17-12-2013 Image insert
15-10-2013 Distribution update Detail