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.

Frequency: Rarely found

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 2024): Europe, Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
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.

France   (no references) ||| Greece   (no references) ||| Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Romania   (no references) ||| Slovakia   (no references) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (no references) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (no references) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

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

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

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

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

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 (2013) 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

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 pdf

Updates
07-07-2020 Datasheet update Detail
12-05-2020 Datasheet update Detail
03-05-2020 Image insert
07-01-2015 Distribution update Detail
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