araneae - Gnaphosa microps

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Gnaphosa microps Holm, 1939

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027252

Description

Bulbus distally with 2 hook-shaped apophyses. Prosoma black-brown. Legs with longish, bright spots. Opisthosoma black-brown.

Body length male: 4.8-6.7 mm
Body length female: 5.4-7.4 mm

Additional information

in open heath birch forests, alluvial meadows and bogs, under lichens, moss and stones during the day, boreoalpine species

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2026): North America, Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East)

Figures

Pedipalp
(Holm 1945)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)

Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Holm 1945)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Holm 1945)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Morka unpubl.)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Grimm 1985)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Grimm 1985)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)

Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)

Epigyne
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)

Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)

Epigyne
(Aadland unpubl.)

Epigyne
(Grimm 1985)

Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)

Vulva
(Ovtsharenko et al. 1992)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Aadland unpubl.)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Grimm 1985)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)

Distribution List

Austria (Thaler & Knoflach, 2004b) ||| Bulgaria (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Czechia (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Estonia (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Finland (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Germany (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Hungary (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Lithuania (Biteniekytė & Rėlys, 2012) ||| Norway (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Poland (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Eastern (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Slovakia (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Sweden (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Turkey (Asia) (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||

References

Aadland B (unpubl.) .

Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129

Almquist S (2007) Swedish Araneae, part 2 – families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 63(2006): 285-601

Biteniekytė M, Rėlys V (2012) The checklist of Lithuanian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Biologija 57: 148-158

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)

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

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info

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

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

Grimm U (1985) Die Gnaphosidae Mitteleuropas (Arachnida, Araneae). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 26: 1-318

Holm Å (1945) Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Torneträskgebietes. Arkiv för Zoologi 36(A15): 1-80

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

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

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Morka G H (unpubl.)

Ovtsharenko V I, Platnick N I, Song D X (1992) A review of the North Asian ground spiders of the genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 212: 1-88

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

Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184

Thaler K, Knoflach B (2004b) Zur Faunistik der Spinnen (Araneae) von Österreich: Gnaphosidae, Thomisidae (Dionycha pro parte). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 36: 417-484

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 (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2

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