Wubanoides uralensis lithodytes Schikora, 2004
Description
Male
Prosoma dorsally whitish yellow to orange yellow. Legs orange yellow. Opisthosoma ventrally blackish, dorsally whitish or yellowish brown, distal half sometimes with 4-5 grey horizontal stripes. Region above spinnerets creme-coloured. Palp: basal embolic part a semi-circular plate, the protruding embolic spur slim and long.
Body length male: 2.0-2.9 mmFemale
Colour as in male but darker. Epigyne subconical, roughly heart shaped, centre part of anterior margin with flat convex projection, lateral margins almost straight or very slightly concave.
Body length female: 2.0-2.9 mmAdditional information
Relatively long-legged, extremely agile species. In Germany only known from the crevice-system of blocky debris fields, where they build 8-10 cm wide, simple horizontal sheet webs and probably mainly catch Collembola.
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Schikora 2004)
Pedipalp
(Schikora 2004)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Schikora 2004)
Cephalic area, lateral view
(Schikora 2004)
Epigyne
(Schikora 2004)
Vulva
(Schikora 2004)
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
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Schikora H-B (2004) Wubanoides uralensis (Pakhorukov 1981) – geographic variation, mating behaviour, postembryonic development and description of a new subspecies (Araneae, Linyphiidae). In Thaler, K. (ed.), Diversität und Biologie von Webspinnen, Skorpionen under anderen Spinnentieren. Denisia 12: 327-341
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 05-10-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 15-07-2014 | Image insert |