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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Ceraticelus  Simon, 1884   1 species

Ceraticelus bulbosus (Emerton, 1882)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009804

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Description

Tibial apophysis widely protruding, deeply bifurcated. Epigyne strongly sclerotised. Prosoma red-brown, male: with conspicuous protuberances. Legs light brown. Opisthosoma light brown, dorsally with red-brown scutum and 4 brown spots.

Body length male: 1.5 mm
Body length female: 1.7 mm
Additional information

In wetland between water plants

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: France: should be confirmed
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Alaska, Canada, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Finland, Russia (Europe to Far East)
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp
(Kupryjanowicz 1994)

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male Pedipalp
(Kupryjanowicz 1994)

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male Pedipalp
(Eskov 1987b)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Kupryjanowicz 1994)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Kupryjanowicz 1994)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Eskov 1987b)

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male Prosoma, frontal view
(Lemke 2019a)

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female Epigyne
(Kupryjanowicz 1994)

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female Epigyne
(Eskov 1987b)

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female Prosoma, lateral view
(Kupryjanowicz 1994)

Distribution List
Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| France   (Villepoux & Michaud, 2014) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (Tanasevitch & Kamayev, 2011) |||
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

Eskov K Y (1987b) Spiders of Nearctic genera Ceraticelus and Islandiana (Aranei, Linyphiidae) in the fauna of Siberia and Far East. Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 66: 1748-1752 pdf

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp. pdf

Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp. pdf

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm pdf

Kupryjanowicz J (1994) Ceraticelus sibiricus Eskov, 1987, a spider species new to Poland (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9: 298-299 pdf

Lemke M (2019a) Weitere Erstnachweise von Webspinnen aus Norddeutschland (Araneae: Clubionidae, Linyphiidae, Mimetidae, Salticidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 48-53 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

Tanasevitch A V, Kamayev I O (2011) Spiders of Kola Peninsula, Russia (Arachnida: Aranei). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 7: 7-32 pdf

Villepoux O, Michaud A (2014) Araignées et gestion des milieux: l'exemple de la réserve naturelle nationale du Marais de Lavours (Ain). In: Bilan de 30 ans d'études scientifiques dans le marais de Lavours (1984-2014). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon h.s. 3: 129-152 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
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22-03-2019 Image insert
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