Centromerus subalpinus Lessert, 1907
Description
Male palp with long, narrow basal apophysis. Paracymbium on median part with transversely truncated process. Epigyne dark red-brown, on posterior margin with dark brown bulges on each side of scapus. Prosoma brown to dark red-brown, margin mostly darkened. Sternum brown, tinged with black, with dark margin. Chelicerae dark brown. Legs dark brown. Opisthosoma grey-brown to almost black, with robust bristles dorsally in anterior part.
Body length male: 2-3 mmBody length female: 2-3 mm
Additional information
In moss and grass, mostly above timberline in mountains
Frequency: Not rare
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1956)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1956)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1956)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1956)
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
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 
Bosmans R, Gasparo F (2015) A new cave-dwelling Centromerus from Sardinia (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 46: 113-116
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Pantini P, Sassu A, Serra G (2013) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida Araneae) of Sardinia. Biodiversity Journal 4: 3-104
Wiehle H (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea, X. 28: Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: 1-337
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2