Wiehlea calcarifera (Simon, 1884)
Description
Tibial apophysis bent hook-like in ventral direction. Prosoma brownish yellow. Legs brownish yellow, femur and patella brighter. Opisthosoma pale yellowish.
Body length male: 1.0-1.9 mmBody length female: 1.0-1.9 mm
Additional information
Partly living deeply under the ground
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, expanded, mesal view
(Merrett 1963)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Merrett 1963)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Barrientos et al. 2014a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Embolic division, lateral view
(Merrett 1963)
Median apophysis, mesal view
(Merrett 1963)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Palpal tibia, lateral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket et al. 1974)
Vulva
(Braun 1959)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Braun 1959)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Braun 1959)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Braun 1959)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Braun 1959)
Tibia I, retrolateral view
(Braun 1959)
Tarsus I, retrolateral view
(Braun 1959)
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.
References
Barrientos J A, Uribarri I, García-Sarrión R (2014a) Arañas (Arachnida, Araneae) de un hayedo del Montseny (Cataluña, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 24: 3-14 
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Braun R (1959) Eine neue deutsche Micryphantide, Wiehlea huetheri (Arach., Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 40: 99-103
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Merrett P (1963) On a soil-dwelling linyphiid spider, Wiehlea calcarifera (Simon). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13) 5: 625-630
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2