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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Diplocephalus  Bertkau, 1883   39 species

Diplocephalus subrostratus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)

Description
Male

Prosoma dark brown, Pars cephalica a distinct hump, with oval grooves laterally. Legs light yellow. Opisthosoma dark brown-grey. Palp: Patella nearly twice as long as wide. Tibia very much widened toward the tarsus and partly covers it on the upper side, where it has a large sickle-shaped hook turned outward.

Body length male: 2 mm
Female

As in male. Epigyne: Far anteriorly situated, with two pointed lobes directing posteriorly and situated close together, separated only by a narrow groove.

Body length female: 2 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): North America, Greenland, Russia (Europe to Far East), Mongolia
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Distribution List
Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (Koponen et al., 1998) |||
References

Eskov K Y (1988a) The spider genera Savignya Blackwall, Diplocephalus Bertkau and Archaraeoncus Tanasevitch (Aranei, Linyphiidae) in the fauna of Siberia and the Soviet Far East. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 49: 13-39 pdf

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

Koponen S, Marusik Y M, Tanasevitch A V (1998) New data on the spider fauna of the Polar Urals (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 6: 109-119 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
18-07-2025 Distribution update Detail
13-06-2016 Datasheet update Detail