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Dictynidae  O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 / Archaeodictyna  Caporiacco, 1928   6 species

Archaeodictyna minutissima (Miller, 1958)

Description

Tibial apophysis short, with 2 tips. Prosoma yellowish-brown, with broad white margin and dark lines on the side. Sternum dark brown. Chelicerae yellow. Legs yellowish grey with vague darker rings. Opisthosoma yellowish to black-brown, brighter dorsally, anteriorly often with large yellowish spot, darker chevrons posteriorly.

Body length male: 1.5 mm
Body length female: 1.5 mm
Additional information

on steppe vegetation and dry meadows

Frequency: Very rarely found

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Russia (Europe)
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Austria   (Malicky, 1972a) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) |||
References

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

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

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 pdf

Malicky H (1972a) Spinnenfunde aus dem Burgenland und aus Niederösterreich (Araneae). Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland 48: 101-108 pdf

Miller F (1958b) Drei neue Spinnenarten aus den mährischen Steppengebieten. Věstník Československé Zoologické Společnosti v Praze 22: 148-155 pdf

Miller F, Svatoň J (1978) Einige seltene und bisher unbekannte Spinnenarten aus der Slowakei. Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae Bratislava 126: 1-19 pdf

Noflatscher M-T (1993) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna Südtirols - IV: Epigäische Spinnen am Vinschgauer Sonnenberg. Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 80: 273-294 pdf

Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App pdf

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 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
29-09-2025 Distribution update Detail
04-07-2025 Distribution update Detail