Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Walckenaeria  Blackwall, 1833   62 species

Walckenaeria corniculans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)

Description

Male palp with claw-shaped terminal apophysis. Epigyne with receptacula seminis visible through epigyne, separated by half of their diameter. Epigynal area ± as long as wide. Prosoma red-orange, male: cone-shaped tubercle projecting ± upward. Legs yellow-orange. Opisthosoma grey.

Body length male: 2.5-2.8 mm
Body length female: 2.6-3.0 mm
Additional information

Ground layer of deciduous forests, prefers humid conditions

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Georgia: cf.
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, Georgia?
Phenology
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Distribution List
Algeria  Removed (Benhacene et al., 2023; Beladjal et al., 2025) ||| Andorra   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Austria   (Thaler, 1999b) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (Scharff & Gudik-Sørensen, 2006) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Georgia   (Seropian et al., 2023b) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Isaia et al., 2025; Bosmans & Colombo, 2015) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Dentici & Amata, 2024) ||| Latvia   (Cera, 2018) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Luxembourg   (Kreuels et al., 2019; Staudt et al., 2013) ||| Montenegro   (Naumova et al., 2019a) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2017) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Serbia   (Grbić & Hänggi, 2023) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| Tunisia  Removed (Kmira et al., 2025) ||| Turkey (Asia)  Removed (Danışman et al., 2020a; Esyunin et al., 2024d) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
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