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Liocranidae  Simon, 1897 / Liocranum  L. Koch, 1866   8 species

Liocranum giersbergi Kraus, 1955

Description
Male

Prosoma length: 1.9 mm. Colouration as in females but darker. Opisthosoma: dorsum with distinct chevron-like pattern.

Body length male: 4.1 mm
Female

Prosoma brown, covered with grey-yellow hairs, with 2 darker paramedian areas. Prosoma length: 2.4 mm. Chelicerae brown, 2 teeth on retromargin. Sternum unicoloured. Opisthosoma grey-white, with indistinct pattern, mainly median part with wedge-shaped spots.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy (Sardinia)
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Italy / Sardinia   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

Brignoli P M, Gaddini A (1979) Nuovi dati su alcuni Anyphaenidae, Liocranidae e Gnaphosidae italiani. Bollettino dell'Associazione Romana di Entomologia 34: 10-15 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

Kraus O (1955) Spinnen von Korsika, Sardinien und Elba (Arach., Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 36: 371-394 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

Wunderlich J (1995a) Zur Kenntnis der Endemiten, zur Evolution und zur Biogeographie der Spinnen Korsikas und Sardiniens, mit Neubeschreibungen (Arachnida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 353-383 pdf

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