Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Walckenaeria  Blackwall, 1833   62 species

Walckenaeria dalmasi (Simon, 1915)

Description
Male

Prosoma orange-brown, tubercles and striae grey. Prosoma length: 0.92–1.08 mm, prosoma width: 0.56–0.60 mm. Chelicerae  with 4 promarginal and 2 retromarginal teeth. Legs yellowish brown. Opisthosoma grey.

Body length male: 2.1-2.2 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 0.77–0.86 mm, prosoma width: 0.54-0.60 mm. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 1.9-2.3 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, Spain, France
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Bosmans R, Cardoso P, Crespo L C (2010) A review of the linyphiid spiders of Portugal, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 2473: 1-67 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Simon E (1926) Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 2e partie. Roret, Paris, 309-532 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
22-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
07-07-2019 Distribution update Detail
17-12-2013 Datasheet update Detail
17-12-2013 Image insert