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 mmBody length female: 1-1.5 mm
Additional information
In the leaf litter layer of forests; in caves.
Frequency: Rarely found
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deltshev 1983a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 1983a)
Bulbus
(Dumitrescu & Georgescu 1980)
Lamella characteristica
(Dumitrescu & Georgescu 1980)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Dumitrescu & Georgescu 1980)
Vulva
(Miller 1958a)
Vulva
(Dumitrescu & Georgescu 1980)
Vulva, ventral view
(Breitling 2020)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Breitling 2020)
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
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
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
Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56
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
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Helsdingen P J van (2013) A quick scan of the spider fauna of the European part of Turkey. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 33: 29-38
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
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Miller F (1958a) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der tschechoslovakischen Spinnenarten aus der Gattung Centromerus Dahl. Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické 55: 71-91
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
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2