Silometopus curtus (Simon, 1882)
Description
Tibial apophysis short and straight. Prosoma brown to dark brown, median spot posteriorly blunt-angularly, 3 dark stripes radiating to the eyes, distinct radial stripes, margin of prosoma black. Sternum brown-black. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs yellow-brown, blackened distally. Opisthosoma black, flat, long oval, densely provided with impressed dots, ventrally dark grey. Spinnerets yellowish.
Body length male: 1.3-1.4 mmBody length female: 1.5 mm
Additional information
Figures by Wiehle (1960a) and Locket & Millidge (1953) of Silometopus curtus have been transferred to Silometopus ambiguus because of misidentification (Locket et al. 1974; Blick, 2014)
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Samu 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Samu 2020)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Simon 1926)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Denis 1964e)
Palpal tibia, dorso-retrolateral view
(Denis 1964e)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Locket 1964)
Palpal tibia, meso-dorsal view
(Locket 1964)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Samu 2020)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Samu 2020)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Locket 1964)
Vulva
(Breitling 2018)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Samu 2020)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans & Samu 2020)
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 (2014) The long-lasting story of the wrong naming of Silometopus ambiguus as S. curtus (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 47: 45-48 
Bosmans R, Samu F (2020) Confirmation of Silometopus curtus (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in Hungary. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 60: 27-29
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Breitling R (2018) Eric Duffey's spider collection in the Manchester Museum – an update. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 141: 5-9
Denis J (1964e) Notes sur les érigonides. XXV. A propos de deux espèces de Camargue. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 88: 392-398
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Locket G H (1964) Type material of British spiders in the O. Pickard-Cambridge collection at Oxford. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13) 7: 257-278
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Simon E (1926) Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 2e partie. Roret, Paris, 309-532
Wiehle H (1960a) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: 1-620
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2