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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Styloctetor  Simon, 1884   4 species

Styloctetor austerus (L. Koch, 1884)

Description

Paracymbium robust, V-like bent. Epigyne with bipartite median plate, anterior part transverse oval, posterior part ± broadly rectangular.. Prosoma deeply brown with blackish pattern. Legs brownish, tinged with black. Opisthosoma blackish.

Body length male: 1.9 mm
Body length female: 2.2 mm
Additional information

In high mountains at dry places with much debris, 2000-3000 m

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Alps (Switzerland, Austria, Italy)
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Austria   (Thaler, 1970) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (Thaler, 1970) |||
References

Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 pdf

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Thaler K (1970) Über einige wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen, I (Arachn., Araneae, Erigonidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 58: 255-276 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
23-02-2021 Distribution update Detail