Diplocephalus arnoi Isaia, 2005
Description
Male
Posterior median eyes on distinct lobe. Palp: highly enlarged and ventrally pointing anterior radical process. Massively broadened radical tailpiece tip with an inner thickening. Double folded prolateral tibial apophysis, retrobasal striated glabrous bump emerging from cymbium, retrolateral side of anterior radical process bears striations. Prosoma length: 0.9 mm, prosoma width: 0.7 mm.
Female
Prosoma without protuberance, slightly concave anteriodorsally. Epigyne with paired inner longitudinal narrow lobes. Prosoma length: 0.8 mm, prosoma width: 0.6 mm.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Isaia 2005)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Isaia 2005)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Isaia 2005)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Frick & Isaia 2012)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Frick & Isaia 2012)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Isaia 2005)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Isaia 2005)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Isaia 2005)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Frick & Isaia 2012)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Isaia 2005)
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
Frick H, Isaia M (2012) Comparative description of the Mediterranean erigonine spider Diplocephalus guidoi n. sp. (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 3475: 65-68 
Isaia M (2005) Diplocephalus arnoi n. sp., un nuovo Linyphiidae d'Abruzzo (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 37: 1-7
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
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
| 13-06-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 19-03-2013 | Image insert |