Resources:
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
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Figures
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   (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