Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Silometopus  Simon, 1926   15 species

Silometopus rosemariae  Wunderlich, 1969

Description

Palpal tibia with strongly sclerotized apophysis, bent. Embolus long, filiform. Epigyne with narrow groove, posterior margin indented. Prosoma dark brown, with blackish pattern (marginal line, radial stripes, median spot). Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma blackish with 4 sigilla.

Body length male: 1.5-1.6 mm
Body length female: 1.7 mm

Frequency: Widely distributed

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy
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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   (no references) ||| France   (no references) ||| Germany   (no references) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Switzerland   (no references) |||
References

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

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

Déjean S, Danflous S, Bosmans R (2014) Silometopus rosemariae Wunderlich, 1969 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) enfin ajouté aux faunes de France et d’Espagne et corrections de dates de description de quelques Linyphiidae. Revue Arachnologique (2) 1: 5-8 pdf

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). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Thaler K (1971) Über drei wenig bekannte hochalpine Zwergspinnen (Arach., Aranei, Erigonidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 44: 309-322 pdf

Vidal E, Déjean S, Danflous S, Oger P (2020) Découverte en France de Silometopus bonessi Casemir, 1970 (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 7: 2-7 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

Wunderlich J (1969) Zur Spinnenfauna Deutschlands, IX. Beschreibung seltener oder bisher unbekannter Arten (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 50: 381-393 pdf

Updates
23-12-2020 Image insert
20-05-2014 Distribution update Detail
18-02-2014 Image insert