Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Peponocranium  Simon, 1884   5 species

Peponocranium praeceps  Miller, 1943

Description
Male

Palp: tibial apophysis erect, tip almost rectangularly bent anteriad. Patella distinctly longer than tibia, ectally with characteristic group of 5 short bristles. Cymbium with short keel, paracymbium small, its end part bent up hook-like. Bulb with complicated, lamellous end part, embolus long, spiralized.

Body length male: 1.3-1.8 mm
Female

Epigyne: whitish trapezoidal median plate, which continues under the slightly posteriad diverging, slightly bent ad indistinct margins of the median field. Visible, uncovered part of median plate distally as wide as high.

Body length female: 1.8-2.3 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): France, Germany to Russia (Europe), Finland
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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.

Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| France   (Jacquet & Oger, 2021) ||| Germany   (no references) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (no references) ||| Russia, Central   (Esyunin et al., 2020a) ||| Russia, Eastern   (no references) ||| Slovakia   (no references) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) |||
References

Esyunin S L, Ruchin A B, Agafonova O V (2020a) To the knowledge of the spider fauna (Aranei) of the Republic of Mordovia (Russia). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 16: 3-13 pdf

Gnelitsa V A (2024) New spider species of Cnephalocotes and Peponocranium (Aranei, Linyphiidae) from the north-east of Ukraine. Zoodiversity 58: 187-194 pdf

Jacquet C, Oger P (2021) Peponocranium praeceps Miller, 1943 et Porrhomma montanum Jackson, 1913, deux espèces nouvelles pour la faune de France (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 8: 12-17 pdf

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm pdf

Miller F (1971) Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306 pdf

Palmgren P (1976) Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens VII. Linyphiidae 2 (Micryphantinae, mit Ausnahme der Linyphiindae-ähnlichen). Fauna Fennica 29: 1-126 pdf

Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App pdf

Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html pdf

Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
22-06-2024 Image insert
11-06-2023 Distribution update Detail
24-11-2021 Image insert
24-11-2021 Distribution insert Detail