Cybaeidae  Banks, 1892 / Cryphoeca  Thorell, 1870   9 species

Cryphoeca lichenum nigerrima Thaler, 1978

Description
Male

Prosoma without pattern, melanistic. Prosoma length: 1.33-1.48 mm. Opisthosoma without pattern, melanistic.

Body length male: 2.8-3.2 mm
Female

Colouration as in males. Prosoma length: 1.4-1.52 mm.

Body length female: 3.2-3.6 mm
Additional information

In grass heathland and in debris, high-alpine, 2000-2500 m

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Germany, Austria
Phenology
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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.

Austria   (Thaler, 1997b) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) |||
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 pdf

Thaler K (1978b) Die Gattung Cryphoeca in den Alpen (Arachnida, Aranei, Agelenidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 200: 334-346 pdf

Thaler K (1997b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 3: "Lycosaeformia" (Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Argyronetidae, Pisauridae, Oxyopidae, Lycosidae) und Gnaphosidae (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 75/76: 97-146 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
23-06-2025 Distribution update Detail
17-12-2015 Image insert