araneae - Cryphoeca nivalis

Description

Tibial apophysis dorsally bipartite, dorso-distal retrolateral apophysis undivided. Vulva with lateral parts mostly more slender than median parts. Body colour brown. Opisthosoma dorsally rarely with vague, whitish pattern. Body length male: 3-4 mm
Body length female: 3-4 mm

Additional information

in the Alps above timberline

Distribution

Presence

No data

Global distribution (WSC 2026): Switzerland, Austria, Italy

Phenology



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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

Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244

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

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, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12

Thaler K (1978b) Die Gattung Cryphoeca in den Alpen (Arachnida, Aranei, Agelenidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 200: 334-346

Thaler K (1997b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 3: "Lycosaeformia" (Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Argyronetidae, Pisauridae, Oxyopidae, Lycosidae) und Gnaphosidae (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 75/76: 97-146

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2

Cryphoeca nivalis Schenkel, 1919