Turinyphia clairi (Simon, 1884)
Description
Prosoma yellow-brown or light brown, margin with a broad, grey band in thoracic region. Chelicerae and sternum dark grey. Opisthosoma with pattern consisting of white points and grey bands on beige background.
Body length male: 4.0 mmBody length female: 3.6-4.5 mm
Additional information
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Isaia et al. 2011)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(van Helsdingen 1982b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(van Helsdingen 1982b)
Embolic division, lateral view
(van Helsdingen 1982b)
Epigyne
(van Helsdingen 1982b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Isaia et al. 2011)
Vulva, ventral view
(van Helsdingen 1982b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(van Helsdingen 1982b)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Isaia et al. 2011)
Habitus
(Isaia et al. 2011)
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
Helsdingen P J van (1982b) Quelques remarques sur les Linyphiidae mentionnés par Di Caporiacco. Revue Arachnologique 3: 155-180 
Isaia M, Lana E, Paschetta M, Pantini P, Schönhofer A L, Christian E, Badino G (2011) Aracnidi sotterranei delle Alpi Occidentali italiane (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpiones)/ Subterranean Arachnids of the Western Italian Alps (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpiones). Monografie Del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino 47: 1-325
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
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2