Family Corinnidae Karsch, 1880
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Leg bristles absent, but at least the male tibia and metatarsi I-II may bear ventral-lateral rows of very short spines or thickened hairs (cusps). Prosoma most often distinctly convex, its cuticula most often distinctly wrinkled, chelicerae usually powerful

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Leg bristles present, e.g. as long paired ventral tibial and metatarsal bristles on the anterior leg, cusps absent. Prosoma usually low, powerful chelicerae only in Creugas

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Body length 5-7 mm, genital organs as figure, under bark

Trachelidae

Cetonana
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1998)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1998)
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Body length less than 5 mm, genital organs different, ground spiders

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3
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Male tibia and metatarsus I-II with ventral-lateral rows of very short spines or thickened hairs (cusps), male opisthosoma with dorsal scutum, epigyne different

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Male tibia and metatarsus I-II without cusps, male opisthosoma without dorsal scutum, epigyne as figure

Trachelidae

Metatrachelas
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)

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male Habitus
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
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female Habitus
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
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Patellar apophysis of the male pedipalpus absent, epigyne with anterior hood or rim

Trachelidae

Paratrachelas
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
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Patellar apophysis of the male pedipalpus present, epigyne without anterior hood or rim

Trachelidae

Trachelas
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers et al. 2009)
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(1)

Body length 5 – 8.6 mm, metatarsi I-II bear 2 pairs of ventral bristles

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Body length 2 – 5 mm, metatarsi I-II bear at least 3 pairs of ventral bristles

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6
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Tibia I with 5 pairs of ventral bristles, legs III-IV with numerous bristles, body stout, prosoma 1.23-1.34 times longer than wide, male pedipalpus tibia with 3 apophyses, epigyne with 2 depressions

Creugas
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Saaristo 2002)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Saaristo 2002)
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Tibia I with 2 pairs of ventral bristles, legs III-IV with no or very few bristles, body slender, prosoma 1.34-1.48 times longer than wide, male pedipalpus tibia without apophyses, only with a hook, epigyne as figure

Castianeira
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Ant-mimicking spiders, dark opisthosoma with white spots, femur of male pedipalpus with ventral hump

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Not ant-shaped, femur of male pedipalpus without ventral hump

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8
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All femora with 1 dorso-basal bristle , 2-4 promarginal and 2 retromarginal teeth on the cheliceral fang furrow

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Dorso-basal bristle at least absent on femora III-IV, no promarginal and 1 retromarginal teeth on the cheliceral fang furrow

Phrurolithidae

Phrurolithus
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Ocular area and spinnerets
(Roberts 1995)

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Habitus
(Roberts 1995)
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Two tibial apophyses at the male pedipalpus, one short, epigyne with large depressions as figure

Phrurolithidae

Liophrurillus
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male Pedipalp
(Simon 1932)

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female Epigyne
(Simon 1932)
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One long and slender tibial apophysis at the male pedipalpus, epigyne as figure

Phrurolithidae

Phrurolinillus
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Body length 2-4 mm, chelicerae without anterior bristle in its basal half, prosoma and opisthosoma unicoloured, prosoma reddish (fading to orange in alcohol), opisthosoma long oval (Note: Arabelia is currently considered to belong to Liocranidae but could turn out to belong to Corinnidae)

 

Arabelia
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Body length less than 2 mm, chelicerae with anterior bristle in its basal half, prosoma and opisthosoma bicoloured (light and darker grey), opisthosoma short ovoid

Phrurolithidae

Orthobula
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male Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2012a)
With kind permission of the author, this key has been modified from Wunderlich J (2012) Identification key to the European genera of the spider families Corinnidae (Araneae). Beitr Araneol 7: 12-24 (Publishing House Joerg Wunderlich)

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