Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Panamomops  Simon, 1884   12 species

Panamomops sulcifrons (Wider, 1834)

Description
Male

Clypeus very strongly protruding. 
Prosoma brown, with dark pattern. Legs yellow-brown to brown. Opisthosoma grey to grey-black.

Body length male: 1.2-1.5 mm
Female

Epigyne with straight posterior margin of epigynal plate. 

Body length female: 1.2-1.5 mm
Additional information

prefers humid conditions

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, Caucasus (Russia, Georgia)
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Austria   (Breuss, 1996) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| France   (Montardi et al., 2023) ||| Georgia   (Seropian et al., 2023b) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Luxembourg   (Hermann, 1998; Kreuels et al., 2019) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Poland   (Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2017) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Russia, Central   (no references) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022; Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Sweden  Removed (Tullgren, 1955; Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

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

Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 pdf

Breuss W (1996) Die Spinnen (Araneae) und Weberknechte (Opiliones) der Naturschutzgebiete Bangser Ried und Matschels (Vorarlberg). Vorarlberger Naturschau 2: 119-139 pdf

Denis J (1948b) Araignées de France. II. Araignées des Monts Dore. Revue Française d'Entomologie 15: 236-249 pdf

Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.

Gallé-Szpisjak N. Gallé R (2025) A new Panamomops Simon, 1884 from the Hungarian Great Plain (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Animal Taxonomy and Ecology 71: 415-526 pdf

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

Hermann E (1998) Die Spinnen (Araneae) ausgewählter Halbtrockenrasen im Osten Luxemburgs. Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes Luxembourgeois 99: 189-199 pdf

Kreuels M, Staudt A, Christian S (2019) Die Spinnenfauna von Luxemburg – eine Zusammenstellung der Nachweise aus den Jahren 1906-2018 (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois 121: 203-230 pdf

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001] pdf

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. pdf

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

Miller F (1959) Einige neue oder unvollkommen bekannte Spinnenarten aus der Familie der Erigoniden. Sborník Entomologického Oddělení Národního Musea v Praze 33: 41-59 pdf

Montardi Y, Bounias-Delacour A, Courtial C, Danflous S, Déjean S, Guerbaa K, Jacquet C, Lecigne S, Montagne D, Villepoux O (2023) De araneis Galliae V, actualisation du référentiel des araignées de France. Révision du statut de certaines espèces de la faune de France. Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 9: 4-21 pdf

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp. pdf

Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp. pdf

Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html pdf

Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184 pdf

Seropian A, Bulbulashvili N, Otto S, Krammer H-J, Kachlishvili N, Datunashvili A (2023b) Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus barcode of life project. Part II. Caucasiana 2: 231-297 pdf

Tullgren A (1955) Zur Kenntnis schwedischer Erigoniden. Arkiv för Zoologi (N.S.) 7: 295-389 pdf

Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107 pdf

Wiehle H (1960a) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: 1-620 pdf

Wiśniewski K, Wesołowska W (2017) Rare spider species (Araneae) from the Giant Mountains and the Izera Mountains – new records for the fauna of Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica 59: 115-120 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

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