Gonatium paradoxum (L. Koch, 1869)
Description
Tibial apophysis large, distally pointed, with median tooth, approximately as long as basally wide. Epigyne with transverse fold in anterior part. Prosoma red-brown to dark brown. Legs orange. Opisthosoma black-grey.
Body length male: 1.9-2 mmBody length female: 2-2.5 mm
Additional information
In moss and grass, on heath and lower twigs of trees
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia
(Locket et al. 1974)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Tibia I
(Roberts 1987)
Tibia and metatarsus I
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org
Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). http://araneae.it. Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
Van Keer J, Van Keer K, De Koninck H, Ramel G (2010) The arachnofauna (Araneae) of wetland Kerkini (Macedonia-Northern Central Greece). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 62: 141-160
Wiehle H (1960a) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: 1-620
World Spider Catalog (2020) World Spider Catalog. Version 21.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.03.2020) doi: 10.24436/2