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 mmFemale
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 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Miller 1971)
Pedipalp
(Palmgren 1976)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jacquet & Oger 2021)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Miller 1971)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Jacquet & Oger 2021)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Jacquet & Oger 2021)
Epigyne
(Palmgren 1976)
Epigyne
(Jacquet & Oger 2021)
Epigyne
(Jacquet & Oger 2021)
Epigyne
(Gnelitsa 2024)
Vulva
(Miller 1971)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Jacquet & Oger 2021)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Jacquet & Oger 2021)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Gnelitsa 2024)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Jacquet & Oger 2021)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Jacquet & Oger 2021)
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
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp.
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
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Gnelitsa V A (2024) New spider species of Cnephalocotes and Peponocranium (Aranei, Linyphiidae) from the north-east of Ukraine. Zoodiversity 58: 187-194
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
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
Miller F (1971) Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306
Palmgren P (1976) Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens VII. Linyphiidae 2 (Micryphantinae, mit Ausnahme der Linyphiindae-ähnlichen). Fauna Fennica 29: 1-126
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
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
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
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2