Clubionidae  Simon, 1878 / Porrhoclubiona  Lohmander, 1944   5 species

Porrhoclubiona leucaspis (Simon, 1932)

Description
Body length male: 3.5-4.0 mm
Body length female: 4.0-5.0 mm
Additional information

bark of trees

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Figures
Distribution List
Albania   (van Helsdingen & IJland, 2015; Blick, 2018) ||| Algeria   (Bosmans et al., 2017b; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Austria   (Komposch et al., 2004) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Czechia   (Řezáč et al., 2021; Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Greece   (Lecigne, 2013) ||| Hungary   (Horváth et al., 2005; Pfliegler, 2014) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Malta   (Pfliegler et al., 2017) ||| Morocco   (Bosmans et al., 2017b; Benhalima & Bosmans, 2024) ||| Netherlands   (Noordijk, 2022) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Slovakia   (Svatoň et al., 2009) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015; Kostanjšek & Gorjan, 2013) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019; Mestre et al., 2012) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Switzerland   (Loria, 2023) ||| Tunisia   (Bosmans et al., 2017b; Kmira et al., 2025) ||| United Kingdom   (Denton, 2016; Lavery, 2019) |||
References

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Blick T (2018) A small collection of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the River Vjosa, Albania – with an updated spider checklist of Albania. Acta ZooBot Austria 155: 213-232 pdf

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 pdf

Bosmans R, Henrard A, Benhalima S, Kherbouche-Abrous O (2017b) The genus Clubiona Latreille, 1904 (Araneae: Clubionidae) in the Maghreb, with notes on the genevensis group and new records from the Mediterranean Region. Zootaxa 4353: 1-28 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

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