Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Walckenaeria  Blackwall, 1833   62 species

Walckenaeria abantensis Wunderlich, 1995

Description
Male

Embolus long, accompanied by a transparent membrane. Prosoma dark brown. Opisthosoma medium to dark brown.

Body length male: 2.2 mm
Female

Epigyne with broad median plate. Vulva with large primary receptacula and small secondary receptacula. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 2.7 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Albania, Greece, Turkey
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Distribution List
Albania   (van Helsdingen & IJland, 2015; Blick, 2018) ||| Greece   (Bosmans et al., 2009) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Blick T (2018) A small collection of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the River Vjosa, Albania – with an updated spider checklist of Albania. Acta ZooBot Austria 155: 213-232 pdf

Bosmans R, Baert L, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H, Maelfait J-P, Van Keer J (2009) Spiders of Lesbos (Greece). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 24(suppl.): 1-70 pdf

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 pdf

Helsdingen P J van, IJland S (2015) A quick scan of the spider fauna in the surroundings of Përmet, Albania (Arachnida, Araneae) - preliminary report. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 35: 15-33 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

Wunderlich J (1995c) Beschreibung bisher unbekannter Arten der Baldachinspinnen aus der östlichen Mediterraneis (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 655-686 pdf

Updates
05-12-2024 Distribution update Detail
02-06-2023 Distribution update Detail
24-12-2015 Distribution update Detail
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