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Cybaeidae  Banks, 1892 / Cryphoeca  Thorell, 1870   9 species

Cryphoeca nivalis Schenkel, 1919

Description
Tibial apophysis dorsally bipartite, dorso-distal retrolateral apophysis undivided. Vulva with lateral parts mostly more slender than median parts. Body colour brown. Opisthosoma dorsally rarely with vague, whitish pattern. Body length male: 3-4 mm
Body length female: 3-4 mm
Additional information
in the Alps above timberline
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Switzerland, Austria, Italy
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Austria   (Thaler, 1997b) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) |||
References

Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 pdf

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin 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

Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12 pdf

Thaler K (1978b) Die Gattung Cryphoeca in den Alpen (Arachnida, Aranei, Agelenidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 200: 334-346 pdf

Thaler K (1997b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 3: "Lycosaeformia" (Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Argyronetidae, Pisauridae, Oxyopidae, Lycosidae) und Gnaphosidae (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 75/76: 97-146 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
23-06-2025 Distribution update Detail