Walckenaeria cirriceps Thaler, 1996
Description
Male
Resembles W. coniceps, but differs in shape of the head, the curved main apophysis of the palpal tibia and longer tibial spines. Head with posterior median eyes elevated into a low lobe with sharp anterior and rounded posterior edge, with a group of 8+8 strongly modified setae at its front, and a transverse row of smaller setae above anterior median eyes. This lobe is variable.
Prosoma length: 1.1 mm, prosoma width: 0.8 mm.
Body length male: 2.5 mmFemale
Epigyne: median plate almost vertical, visible in posterior view. Copulatory ducts short, their anterior corner forming a loop.
Prosoma length: 1.0 mm, prosoma width: 0.8 mm.
Body length female: 2.7 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler 1996)
Tip of embolus
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Palpal tibia, dorsal view
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Palpal tibia
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Prosoma, lateral view
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Cephalic area, dorsal view
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Cephalic area
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Cephalic area
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Cephalic area
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Cephalic area
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Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
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Epigyne/vulva, dorsal view
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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.
References
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 
Danışman T, Coşar İ (2016) Walckenaeria cirriceps Thaler, 1996, a new record from Turkey (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Serket 15: 47-49
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Thaler K (1996) Three Walckenaeria species from Peloponnese, Greece (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 156-160
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2