Pseudomaro aenigmaticus Denis, 1966
Description
Female
Body colour pale. Prosoma yellowish-white, eyes reduced. Legs yellowish, bright.
Epigyne with broad scapus.
Additional information
Living in crevices and caves, also in calcareous grassland. Living presumably in deep ground layers.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Epigyne
(Saaristo 1971)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne/vulva, aboral and ventral view
(Thaler & Plachter 1983)
Epigyne/vulva, aboral view
(Thaler 1991a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Brignoli 1971d)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Brignoli 1971d)
Epigyne
(Rozwałka & Olbrycht 2017)
Epigyne
(Šestáková et al. 2018)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1971d)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Saaristo 1971)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Roberts 1987)
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, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Brignoli P M (1971d) Note su ragni cavernicoli italiani (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 7: 121-229
Hänggi A (1999) Nachträge zum "Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen" - 2. Neunachweise von 1993 bis 1999 Archnologische Mitteilungen 18: 17-37
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
Kreuels M, Staudt A, Christian S (2019) Die Spinnenfauna von Luxemburg – eine Zusammenstellung der Nachweise aus den Jahren 1906-2018 (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois 121: 203-230
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Le Divelec, Courtial C, Rollard C (2018) Cryptachaea blattea (Urquart, 1886) and Pseudomaro aenigmaticus (Denis, 1966): deux araignées nouvelles pour la France (Araneae: Theridiidae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 5: 2-6
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
Rozwałka R, Olbrycht T (2017) New records of several rare spider species (Araneae) from south-eastern Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica 60: 67-81
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Saaristo M I (1971) Revision of the genus Maro O. P.-Cambridge (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici 8: 463-482
Šestáková A, Mock A, Christophoryová J, Gajdoš P (2018) Two subterranean-dwelling spiders new to Slovakia (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 55: 25-29
Thaler K (1991a) Über wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen-VIII (Arachnida: Aranei, Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 98: 165-184
Thaler K, Plachter H (1983) Spinnen aus Höhlen der Fränkischen Alb, Deutschland (Arachnida: Araneae: Erigonidae, Linyphiidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 63: 249-263
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2