Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Centromerus  Dahl, 1886   71 species

Centromerus levitarsis (Simon, 1884)

Description

Male palp with claw-shaped basal apophysis. Paracymbium distally slender. Epigyne with very long, slender scapus. Prosoma yellowish-brown. Sternum yellow, tinged with black. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellowish-brown, fine. Opisthosoma dark grey-black.

Body length male: 1.9-2 mm
Body length female: 2.0 mm
Additional information

in very humid moss of forests

Frequency: Rarely found

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Austria   (Komposch & Steinberger, 1999) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (Scharff & Gudik-Sørensen, 2006) ||| Estonia   (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Lithuania   (Biteniekytė & Rėlys, 2012) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (Moscaliuc, 2013) ||| Russia, Central   (Seyfulina, 2019) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (no references) ||| Russia, Western   (no references) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| Ukraine   (Mikhailov, 2013) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

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Biteniekytė M, Rėlys V (2012) The checklist of Lithuanian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Biologija 57: 148-158 pdf

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