araneae - Carorita limnaea

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Carorita limnaea (Crosby & Bishop, 1927)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009695

Description

Tibial apophysis blunt. Epigyne with almost semicircularly protruding posterior margin. Prosoma light brown, median spot, margin and radial stripes darker. Legs yellow-brown, metatarsus and tarsus darker. Opisthosoma black-brown.

Body length male: 1.2-1.3 mm
Body length female: 1.3-1.5 mm

Additional information

near water, in peat bogs

Character states from linyphiid key

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2026): North America, Western, Central and Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China

Phenology



Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Figures

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)

Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lemke 2019a)

Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Gnelitsa 2025)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gnelitsa 2025)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gnelitsa 2025)

Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)

Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

Epigyne
(Locket et al. 1974)

Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Epigyne, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Epigyne
(Gnelitsa 2025)

Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Vulva
(Fjellberg unpubl.)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Gnelitsa 2025)

Vulva, dorso-caudal view
(Gnelitsa 2025)

Distribution List

Czechia (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark (Glime & Lissner, 2013) ||| Estonia (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Finland (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Germany (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Ireland (Lavery, 2019) ||| Netherlands (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Northern Ireland (Lavery, 2019) ||| Norway (Farlund, 2019) ||| Poland (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Eastern (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern (Koponen et al., 1998) ||| Slovakia (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Sweden (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| United Kingdom (Lavery, 2019) |||

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

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp.

Farlund M (2019) Norwegian Spiders - Norske edderkopper. Siste oppdatering for funn av nye arter 10. oktober, 2019. Online at http://crocea.wordpress.com/norsk-artsliste/

Fjellberg A (unpubl.) .

Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.

Glime J M, Lissner 2013 (2013) Chapter 7-5. Arthropods: spiders of peatlands in Denmark and tundra. In: Glime J M (ed.) Bryophyte Ecology. Volume 2. Bryological Interaction. 26 pp.
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/bryophyte-ecology2/7/

Gnelitsa V A (2025) A new species of Carorita (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Ukraine, with a redescription of the type species of the genus. Zoodiversity 59: 285-312

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin

Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp.

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm

Koponen S, Marusik Y M, Tanasevitch A V (1998) New data on the spider fauna of the Polar Urals (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 6: 109-119

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212

Lemke M (2019a) Weitere Erstnachweise von Webspinnen aus Norddeutschland (Araneae: Clubionidae, Linyphiidae, Mimetidae, Salticidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 48-53

Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.

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

Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2

Updates

31-08-2025	Image insert
30-08-2025	Distribution update	Detail
17-07-2025	Distribution update	Detail
23-12-2019	Image insert
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20-11-2014	Image insert
26-02-2014	Distribution update	Detail