Dipoena nigroreticulata (Simon, 1880)
Description
Male
Embolus with a ± right angled bend. Prosoma yellow-brown, bright, male: very high. Sternum yellow-brown. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs yellow, short and robust, partly with dark ring distally. Opisthosoma black-brown, sometimes with bright spots.
Body length male: 2.0-3.0 mmFemale
Epigyne with groove, far anterior to epigastric furrow. Vulva with entrance ducts in loops.
Body length female: 2.0-3.0 mmAdditional information
In warm places in forest edges and hedges, on bark and in canopy region
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Finch 1999)
Pedipalp
(Miller 1967)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus, dorso-lateral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus, dorso-lateral view
(Kielhorn & Wille 2025)
Epigyne
(Finch 1999)
Epigyne
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva
(Miller 1967)
Vulva
(Miller 1967)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Miller 1967)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Miller 1967)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Miller 1967)
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.
References
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
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Finch O-D (1999) Erstnachweis von Dipoena nigroreticulata (Simon, 1879) in Deutschland (Araneae, Theridiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 18: 66-70
Fjellberg A (unpubl.) .
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Helsdingen P J van, IJland S (2015) A quick scan of the spider fauna in the surroundings of Përmet, Albania (Arachnida, Araneae) - preliminary report. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 35: 15-33
Kielhorn K-H, Wille H (2025) Spinnen an Baumstämmen im Colbitzer Lindenwald (Arachnida: Araneae). Entomologische Mitteilungen Sachsen-Anhalt 33: 115-134
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Miller F (1967) Studien über die Kopulationsorgane der Spinnengattung Zelotes, Micaria, Robertus und Dipoena nebst Beschreibung einiger neuen oder unvollkommen bekannten Spinnenarten. Přírodovědné práce ústavů Československé Akademie Věd v Brně (N.S.) 1: 251-298
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
Nuruyeva T, Zamani A (2025) An annotated checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Azerbaijan. Zootaxa 5680: 1-168
Riedl B (2000) Bestandsaufnahme ausgewählter Arthropodengruppen eines naturnahen Trockenrasens auf dem Südwesthang des Braunsberges bei Hainburg (Niederösterreich). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Österreich 137: 77-125
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
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zhukovets E M (2017) [Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Belovezhskaya Pushcha]. Riftur Print, Minsk, 272 pp. [N.B.: presumably publ. in Jan. 2019]
Updates
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