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
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 (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2