Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Caracladus  Simon, 1884   3 species

Caracladus avicula  (L. Koch, 1869)

Description

Epigyne with trapezoid median plate, anteriorly wider than posteriorly. Prosoma yellow-blackish to red-brown, with dark pattern, that can also be missing. Male prosoma with bird head-like eye stalk. Legs yellow-brownish. Opisthosoma blackish.

Body length male: 2.2 mm
Body length female: 1.8-2.2 mm
Additional information

in moss and litter of subalpine coniferous forests

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy
Phenology
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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.

Austria   (no references) ||| France   (no references) ||| Germany   (no references) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Romania   (no references) ||| Switzerland   (no references) |||
References

Frick H, Muff P (2009) Revision of the genus Caracladus with the description of Caracladus zamoniensis spec. nov. (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Erigoninae). Zootaxa 1982: 1-37 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Thaler K (1969) Über einige wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus Tirol (Arachn., Araneae, Erigonidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 57: 195-219 pdf

Thaler K (1972a) Über einige wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen, II (Arachn., Araneae, Erigonidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 59: 29-50 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
21-11-2020 Datasheet update Detail