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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Troglohyphantes  Joseph, 1882   134 species

Troglohyphantes ruffoi Caporiacco, 1936

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013104

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Description

Cymbium with a conical hump and a finger-like process. Lamella characteristica F-shaped in lateral view, variable. Epigyne protruding, posterior margin forming a right angle in lateral view. Prosoma brownish yellow. Eyes normal. Sternum and opisthosoma greyish

Body length male: 2.8-3.2 mm
Body length female: 2.8-3.6 mm
Additional information

Under stones

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy
Figures
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1971d)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1971d)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1971d)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pesarini 1988c)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Brignoli 1975a)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Pesarini 1988c)

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male Paracymbium
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Cymbium
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Thaler 1987a)

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male Patella and tibia
(Thaler 1987a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Thaler 1987a)

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female Epigyne, posterior view
(Thaler 1987a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Thaler 1987a)

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female Epigyne, posterior view
(Thaler 1987a)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Thaler 1987a)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Brignoli 1971d)

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female Epigyne
(Brignoli 1971d)

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female Epigyne
(Brignoli 1971d)

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female Epigyne
(Brignoli 1971d)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Brignoli 1971d)

Distribution List
Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

Brignoli P M (1971d) Note su ragni cavernicoli italiani (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 7: 121-229 pdf

Brignoli P M (1975a) Ragni d'Italia XXV. Su alcuni ragni cavernicoli dell'Italia settentrionale (Araneae). Notiziario del Circolo Speleologico Romano 20: 7-39 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

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

Pesarini C (1988c) Osservazioni su alcuni Troglohyphantes della fauna italiana, con descrizione di due nuove specie (Araneae Linyphiidae). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 129: 237-247 pdf

Thaler K (1987a) Two species of Troglohyphantes (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Monti Lessini, northern Italy: T. exul n. sp., T. ruffoi Caporiacco. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 151-156 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

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