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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Trichoncus  Simon, 1884   21 species

Trichoncus aurantiipes Simon, 1884

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012968

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Description
Male

Prosoma reddish brown, fovea, striae and margin darker. Prosoma length: 0.74-0.92 mm, prosoma width: 0.68-0.78 mm. Legs yellowish to orange-brown. Opisthosoma grey to dark grey.

Body length male: 1.9-2.2 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 0.86-0.90 mm, prosoma width: 0.74-0.80 mm. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 2.1-2.6 mm
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, Spain (Balearic Is.), Italy (Sardinia, Sicily), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans 2007)

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male Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Caria et al. 2021)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Caria et al. 2021)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Caria et al. 2021)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Caria et al. 2021)

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male Embolic division, ventro-lateral view
(Bosmans 2007)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans 2007)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans 2007)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans 2007)

Distribution List
Algeria   (Bosmans, 2007; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Caria et al., 2021) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Dentici et al., 2021) ||| Morocco   (Bosmans, 2007; Benhalima & Bosmans, 2024) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Tunisia   (Bosmans, 2007; Kmira et al., 2025) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535 pdf

Bosmans R (2007) Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XII. Miscellaneous erigonine genera and additional records (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 143: 117-163 pdf

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

Caria M, Pantini P, Alamanni F, Ancona C, Cillo D, Bazzato E (2021) New records and interesting data for the Sardinian spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 53: 321-331 pdf

Dentici A, Galasso P, Barbera A (2021) First record of Trichoncus aurantiipes Simon, 1884 (Araneae Linyphiidae) in Italy. Biodiversity Journal 12: 125-128 pdf

Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95 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

Updates
05-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
05-12-2021 Image insert
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24-02-2021 Distribution update Detail
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17-12-2013 Datasheet update Detail
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