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Argyronetidae  Thorell, 1869 / Altella  Simon, 1885   7 species

Altella biuncata (Miller, 1949)

Description

Male palp with characteristically shaped tibial apophysis. Prosoma dark brown, rarely yellow-brown, eye region and margin slightly darkened. Sternum yellow-brown, with darker margin. Chelicerae light brown. Legs light brown, male metatarsus I with 2 short, strong prickles getting claw-like curved towards their apex, female metatarsus I ventrally only with thin distal thorn.

Body length male: 1.5 mm
Body length female: 1.6 mm
Additional information

on low plants or under stones at sunny locations

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Central Europe, Italy, Romania
Phenology
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Distribution List
Austria   (Thaler, 1994b) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Caria & Pantini, 2023) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Switzerland   (Hänggi, 1999) |||
References

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 pdf

Braun R (1964) Über einige Spinnen aus Tirol, Österreich (Arach., Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 45: 151-160 pdf

Caria M, Pantini P (2023) Nuovi dati per l’araneofauna sarda (Arachnida: Araneae). Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi", Bergamo 36: 65-71 pdf

Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp. pdf

Hänggi A (1999) Nachträge zum "Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen" - 2. Neunachweise von 1993 bis 1999 Archnologische Mitteilungen 18: 17-37 pdf

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Miller F (1949) The new spiders from the serpentine rocky heath mear Mohelno (Moravia occ.). Entomologické Listy, Brno 12: 88-98 pdf

Miller F (1971) Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306 pdf

Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html pdf

Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html pdf

Thaler K (1994b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 2. Orthognathe, cribellate und haplogyne Familien, Phocidae, Zodariidae, Mimetidae sowie Argiopiformia (ohne Linyphiidae s.l.) (Arachnida: Araneida). Mit Bemerkungen zur Spinnenfauna der Ostalpen. Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 73(1993): 69-119 pdf

Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
15-01-2024 Distribution update Detail
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18-01-2022 Distribution update Detail