Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Agyneta  Hull, 1911   43 species

Agyneta orites (Thorell, 1875)

Description

Paracymbium with a protruding edge. Tibia of male palpal with one rounded and one pointed apophysis. Epigyne with very broad scapus, with large caudal process. Prosoma dark brown, with star-shaped spot and darkened margin. Legs brown, partly blackish. Opisthosoma grey to dark grey.

Body length male: 1.9 mm
Body length female: 1.9 mm
Additional information

Alpine level

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain, Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia)
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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.

Austria   (Komposch & Steinberger, 1999) ||| France   (Oger & Miquet, 2017) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Slovenia   (Kuralt et al., 2024) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019; Crespo et al., 2018) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) |||
References

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

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

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Crespo L C, Domènech M, Enguídanos A, Malumbres-Olarte J, Cardoso P, Moya-Laraño J, Frías-López C, Macías-Hernández N, De Mas E, Mazzuca P, Mora E, Opatova V, Planas E, Ribera C, Roca-Cusachs M, Ruiz D, Sousa P, Tonzo V, Arnedo M A (2018) A DNA barcode-assisted annotated checklist of the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) communities associated to white oak woodlands in Spanish National Parks. Biodiversity Data Journal 6(e29443): 1-459 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

Komposch C, Steinberger K-H (1999) Rote Liste der Spinnen Kärntens (Arachnida: Araneae). Naturschutz in Kärnten 15: 567-616 pdf

Kuralt Ž, Pajek Arambašič N, Ferle M, Kostanjšek R (2024) A contribution to the Slovenian spider fauna – V. Natura Sloveniae 26: 29-42 pdf

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

Oger P, Miquet A (2017) Découverte en Savoie de deux espèces nouvelles pour la France (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Lycosidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 4: 5-8 pdf

Thaler K (1983a) Bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Nordtirol (Österreich) und Nachbarländern: Deckennetzspinnen, Linyphiidae (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 63: 135-167 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

Wunderlich J (1973c) Einige seltene Spinnenarten vom Holoh-See bei Wildbad im Schwarzwald (Arachnida: Araneae). Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.) 19: 393-395 pdf

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