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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Sciastes  Bishop & Crosby, 1938   1 species

Sciastes carli  (Lessert, 1907)

Description

Tibial apophysis long and slender. Prosoma brownish yellow, without modifications, dark margin, median spot and radial stripes, tinged with black like sternum and coxa. Opisthosoma blackish.

Body length male: 2.1 mm
Body length female: 2.5 mm
Additional information

Alpine species of coniferous forests, small bush and grass heathland, 1500-3000 m

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria
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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.

Austria   (no references) ||| France   (no references) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (no references) |||
References

Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 pdf

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin pdf

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 pdf

Schenkel E (1929) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der schweizerischen Spinnenfauna. IV. Teil. Spinnen von Bedretto. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36: 1-24 pdf

Thaler K (1971) Über drei wenig bekannte hochalpine Zwergspinnen (Arach., Aranei, Erigonidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 44: 309-322 pdf

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 pdf

Updates
16-05-2020 Image insert