Clubionidae  Simon, 1878 / Clubiona  Latreille, 1804   48 species

Clubiona frutetorum L. Koch, 1867

Description

Tibial apophysis ventrally and dorsally, both ± equally long, ventral apophysis slightly stalked, slightly variable in shape. Epigyne with roundish imprint of receptacula seminis, marked off anteriorly by distinctly stronger sclerotisation. Prosoma yellow-red. Legs yellowish-white. Opisthosoma grey-red, white haired.

Body length male: 4.0-7.0 mm
Body length female: 5.0-7.0 mm
Additional information

In meadows and low vegetation, in shrubbery and tree layer

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Records from the Caucasus are misidentifications (Otto, 2022), therefore removed
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe to Central Asia
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Figures
Distribution List
Austria   (Thaler, 1997c) ||| Azerbaijan  Removed (Nuruyeva & Zamani, 2025) ||| Belarus   (Ivanov, 2013) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Croatia   (Milosevic, 2002) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (Scharff & Gudik-Sørensen, 2006) ||| Estonia   (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Ireland   (Nolan & Cawley, 2009; Lavery, 2019) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Latvia   (Cera, 2018) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Lithuania   (Biteniekytė & Rėlys, 2012) ||| Luxembourg   (Kreuels et al., 2019) ||| Moldova   (Vasiliev & Mikhailov, 2023) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Russia, Central   (Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Kaliningrad Region   (Schikora, 2014) ||| Russia, Northern   (no references) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022; Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Russia, Western   (no references) ||| Serbia   (Stanković, 2023) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2018) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) |||
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