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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Peponocranium  Simon, 1884   6 species

Peponocranium orbiculatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012323

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Description

Cymbium with keel. Tibial apophysis long and pointed. Epigyne with median plate, wider than long. Prosoma yellowish, with dark margin. Male: with large globular cephalic lobe. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma whitish.

Body length male: 1.3-1.4 mm
Body length female: 1.6 mm
Additional information

in moss and low vegetation in open localities, thermophilic

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: The records in Estonia and North Macadonia are isolated and should be confirmed
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Belgium, Central to Eastern Europe, Georgia
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Milano et al. 2025)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Milano et al. 2025)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Milano et al. 2025)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Milano et al. 2025)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Milano et al. 2025)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1960a)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Milano et al. 2025)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Milano et al. 2025)

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   (Milano et al., 2025) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Estonia   (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Georgia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Italy  Removed (Isaia et al., 2025; Milano et al., 2025) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2014) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Central   (Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Switzerland  Removed (Milano et al., 2025) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) |||
References

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 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 pdf

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp. pdf

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

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

Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267 pdf

Milano F, Pantini P, Isaia M (2025) A new species of Peponocranium (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Alps. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 69: 19-26 pdf

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

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

Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp. pdf

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 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

Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184 pdf

Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages pdf

Wiehle H (1960a) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: 1-620 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
29-06-2025 Image insert
28-06-2025 Distribution update Detail