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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Gonatium  Menge, 1868   13 species

Gonatium geniculosum Simon, 1918

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010660

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Description
Male

Prosoma orange, with faint dark margin. Sternum orange. Legs yellow-brown to orange, TmI 0.82. Opisthosoma grey-pink.

Body length male: 2.8 mm
Female

TmI: 0.88.

Body length female: 3.0-3.3 mm
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Millidge 1981b)

species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Millidge 1981b)

species

male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Millidge 1981b)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Millidge 1981b)

Distribution List
France   (Le Peru, 2007) |||
References

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

Millidge A F (1981b) A revision of the genus Gonatium (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5: 253-277 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
11-09-2025 Distribution update Detail
21-05-2013 Datasheet update Detail
21-05-2013 Image insert