Walckenaeria stylifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
Description
Male
Prosoma light brown to brown. Male: anterior to cephalic lobe with horn-shaped structure consisting of 15-20 merged hairs. Legs brown-orange. Opisthosoma black.
Body length male: 1.0-1.7 mmFemale
Epigyne with median epigynal plate, broadly projecting beyond epigastric furrow.
Body length female: 1.5-1.7 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wiehle 1965a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wiehle 1965a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Purgat et al. 2021b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Purgat et al. 2021b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Sancak et al. 2022b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Sancak et al. 2022b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Yağmur et al. 2023)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Yağmur et al. 2023)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Purgat et al. 2021b)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Wiehle 1965a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Purgat et al. 2021b)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Sancak et al. 2022b)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Yağmur et al. 2023)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Yağmur et al. 2023)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket et al. 1974)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
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Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
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Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp.
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Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
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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.
Purgat P, Gajdoš P, Purkart A, Hurajtová N, Volnár Ľ, Krajčovičová K (2021b) Walckenaeria stylifrons and Spiracme mongolica (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Thomisidae), two new species to Slovakia. Check List 17: 1601-1608
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
Sancak Z, İyiçalışkan N, Damar Y S (2022b) A new record of Walckenaeria in the spider fauna of Türkiye (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Serket 19: 29-31
Tanasevitch A V (2011a) On linyphiid spiders from the eastern and central Mediterranean kept at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 118: 49-91
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WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1995c) Beschreibung bisher unbekannter Arten der Baldachinspinnen aus der östlichen Mediterraneis (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 655-686
Yağmur E A, Kaya R S, Anlaş S (2023) First record of rare spider Walckenaeria incisa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Türkiye. Commagene Journal of Biology 7: 147-151
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