Diplocephalus rostratus Schenkel, 1934
Description
Epigyne with inner margins of lateral epigynal plates tail-like protruding toward anterior end. Prosoma brownish, with blackish pattern. Male blunt conical cephalic lobe, provided with hairs on anterior side. Legs brownish yellow. Opisthosoma blackish.
Body length male: 1.9-2.1 mmBody length female: 2.0-2.2 mm
Additional information
in damp crevice system of stony debris in high alpine region, approximately 2700-3500 m
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1970)
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1970)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Holm 1970)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Holm 1970)
Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1970)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1970)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Thaler 1970)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Holm 1970)
Vulva, ventral view
(Thaler 1970)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Thaler 1970)
Distribution List
References
Holm Å (1970) Notes on spiders collected by the "Vega" Expedition 1878-1880. Entomologica Scandinavica 1: 188-208 
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
Thaler K (1970) Über einige wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen, I (Arachn., Araneae, Erigonidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 58: 255-276
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 10-07-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 11-02-2014 | Image insert |