Cybaeus montanus Maurer, 1992
Description
Prosoma yellow-brown with blackish dotted reticulate structure. Eye fields blackish margined. Opisthosoma middle grey with 4-8 light pairs of spots, forming chevrons posteriorly.
Body length male: 6-7 mmBody length female: 6-7 mm
Additional information
In beech and alder forest and in various fallows, in Alpine area on 400-2200 m a.s.l.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Maurer 1992)
Embolus
(Maurer 1992)
Epigyne
(Maurer 1992)
Epigynal atrium, ventral view
(Isaia & Chiarle 2015)
Vulva
(Maurer 1992)
Distribution List
References
Hänggi A (1993) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Kantons Tessin IV - Weitere faunistisch bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde der Tessiner Montanstufe. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 66: 303-316 
Isaia M, Chiarle A (2015) Taxonomic notes on Cybaeus vignai Brignoli, 1977 (Araneae, Cybaeidae) and Dysdera cribrata Simon, 1882 (Araneae, Dysderidae) from the Italian Maritime Alps. Zoosystema 37: 45-56
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
Maurer R (1992) Zur Gattung Cybaeus im Alpenraum (Araneae: Agelenidae, Cybaeinae) - Beschreibung von C. montanus n. sp. und C. intermedius n. sp.. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 99: 147-162
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 24-06-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 06-05-2015 | Image insert |