Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Centromerus  Dahl, 1886   71 species

Centromerus albidus Simon, 1929

Description

Male palp with rounded basal bulbal apophysis. Epigyne hardly visible, reddish, scapus with wing-like extension. Prosoma light yellow. Sternum whitish yellow with vaguely darkened margin. Chelicerae light yellow, small. Legs yellowish-brown. Opisthosoma yellowish grey, very bright.

Body length male: 1-1.5 mm
Body length female: 1-1.5 mm
Additional information

In the leaf litter layer of forests; in caves.

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Luxembourg (Kreuels et al. 2019) has to be confirmed, preliminary not accepted here; also the records from Slovakia, Romania, Greece and Turkey need a confirmation
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Greece   (Bosmans et al., 2009) ||| Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Özkütük et al., 2013a; Danışman et al., 2025a) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (van Helsdingen, 2013; Demircan Aksan & Topçu, 2022c) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

Bosmans R, Baert L, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H, Maelfait J-P, Van Keer J (2009) Spiders of Lesbos (Greece). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 24(suppl.): 1-70 pdf

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

Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Deltshev C D (1983a) A contribution to the taxonomical study of sylvaticus group of genus Centromerus F. Dahl (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 21: 53-58 pdf

Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56 pdf

Dumitrescu M, Georgescu M (1980) Quelques espèces du genre Centromerus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) trouvées en Roumanie. Travaux de l’Institut de Spéologie “Émile Racovitza” 19: 103-123 pdf

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

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

Helsdingen P J van (2013) A quick scan of the spider fauna of the European part of Turkey. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 33: 29-38 pdf

Kreuels M, Staudt A, Christian S (2019) Die Spinnenfauna von Luxemburg – eine Zusammenstellung der Nachweise aus den Jahren 1906-2018 (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois 121: 203-230 pdf

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp. pdf

Miller F (1958a) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der tschechoslovakischen Spinnenarten aus der Gattung Centromerus Dahl. Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické 55: 71-91 pdf

Özkütük R S, Kunt K B, Elverici M (2013a) First record of Centromerus albidus Simon, 1929 from Turkey (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Munis Entomology and Zoology 8: 502-504 pdf

Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp. pdf

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 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

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