Aquatic species; body length 10-12 mm; colour dark-brown to black; all spinnerets have approx. the same length; tracheal stigma anteriorly positioned, just behind the epigastric furrow; legs III and IV with suspicious long hairs (one species, rarely found)

Argyroneta

Terrestrial species, other characters

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Body length of females 6-10 mm, males 4.5-7 mm; prosoma yellow-brown, often with fine black pattern; opisthosoma grey with bright pattern; anterior spinnerets clearly longest; tracheal stigma in normal position (i.e. anterior to the spinnerets); legs III and IV not remarkably hairy; in the highlands, Alps and Carpathians (many species, widely distributed in Europe)

Cybaeus

Other combination of characters

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Patella of the male pedipalp with spoon-like apophysis, epigyne with a square plate, opisthosoma grey with indistinct pattern or chevrons (one species, Croatia)

Cedicus

Patella of the male pedipalp with 2 pointed apophyses, epigyne with rounded plate, opisthosoma grey with 2 bright dot rows (one species,  Azerbaijan)

Paracedicus

Other combination of characters

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Tuberta

Anterior median eyes strongly reduced, easy to overlook, looks six-eyed (one species from Montenegro)

Cryphoecina

Anterior median eyes smaller than the other eyes but well visible

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Prosoma with indistinct bands, male pedipalp with small, tapering median apophysis (several species in Europe)

Cryphoeca

Prosoma with broad central and lateral bands, male pedipalp with reduced median apophysis (one species in the Pyrenees)

Dirksia

Conductor very long upper arm, longer than cymbium, retrotibial apophysis sharply pointed, epigyne with coiled insemination ducts, no distinct fovea and no septum

Mastigusa