Caracladus leberti (Roewer, 1942)
Description
Male
Characteristic male cephalic lobe with a small upwards and forwards facing bump between the posterior median eyes. Palp: Resembles C. avicula. Embolus rather robust and straight, tailpiece is much shorter than in C. avicula and marginal suprategular apophysis can clearly be seen. Prosoma length: 0.8 mm, prosoma width: 0.6 mm.
Body length male: 1.9 mmFemale
Resembles C. avicula. Epigyne: Dorsal plate of epigyne nearly triangular and with a small copulatory opening. Form of copulatory pouches barely visible in ventral view and copulatory duct more robust. Prosoma length: 0.8 mm, prosoma width: 0.6 mm.
Body length female: 1.7 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1973a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Embolic division, prolateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Procursus, dorsal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1973a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1973a)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Thaler 1973a)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Epigyne/vulva
(Thaler 1973a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Vulva, ventral view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Frick & Muff 2009)
Tibia I
(Frick & Muff 2009)
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, Muff P (2009) Revision of the genus Caracladus with the description of Caracladus zamoniensis spec. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Erigoninae). Zootaxa 1982: 1-37 
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
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Thaler K (1973a) Über wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen, III (Arachn., Aranei, Erigonidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 60: 41-60
Thaler K (1999b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 6. Linyphiidae 2: Erigoninae (sensu Wiehle) (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 79: 215-264
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2