Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Centromerus  Dahl, 1886   71 species

Centromerus ictericus (Simon, 1929)

Description
Male

Prosoma light yellow, eyes surrounded by black. Prosoma length: 1.16-1.21 mm. Sternum and legs light yellow, chelicerea slightly darker. Opisthosoma light grey.

Body length male: 2.2-2.3 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 1.10-1.23 mm. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 2.4-2.6 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
France   (Le Peru, 2007; Bosmans et al., 2015) |||
References

Bosmans R, Déjean S, Oger P, Ponel P (2015) Description du mâle inconnu de Centromerus ictericus (Simon, 1929) n. stat., n. comb. (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 2: 28-31 pdf

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

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

Simon E (1929) Les arachnides de France 6 (3). Paris (Roret): 533-772 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
05-09-2025 Distribution update Detail
20-08-2015 Distribution update Detail
20-08-2015 Image insert