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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Centromerus  Dahl, 1886   71 species

Centromerus abditus Gnelitsa, 2007

Description
Male

Prosoma yellow-brown. Sternum yellow-grey, gradually darkening towards its margins. Promargin of chelicera with 3 separate teeth, retromargin with 3 teeth close together. Legs brownish-yellow. Opisthosoma uniformly dark grey.

Body length male: 2.0-2.1 mm
Female

Prosoma yellow-brown, with darker margin. Sternum yellow-grey with slightly darker margin. Promargin of chelicera with 3 teeth, retromargin with 4 small teeth. Legs yellow. Opisthosoma dark grey.

Body length female: 2.5-2.6 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus)
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Vlasov, 2021) ||| Russia, Southern   (Ponomarev et al., 2026) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) |||
References

Esyunin S L, Vlasov S V (2021) [Remarks to the fauna and biotopic distribution of spiders in the Talovskaya steppe]. In: Steppes of Northern Eurasia. Proceedings of the IX international symposium. OSU Publishing House, Orenburg. pp. 300-304 pdf

Gnelitsa V A (2007b) Spiders of the genus Centromerus from Crimea (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 16: 29-32 pdf

Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App pdf

Ponomarev A V, Zuev R V, Shmatko V Y (2026) New data on the spider fauna (Aranei) of Stavropol Krai, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 35: 256-260 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

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