Monocephalus castaneipes (Simon, 1884)
Description
Embolus straight. Lateral margins of elevated head region of male prosoma parallel in dorsal view. Prosoma brown to red-brown. Legs yellowish to light brown. Opisthosoma grey-black.
Body length male: 1.7-2.0 mmBody length female: 1.8-2.3 mm
Additional information
In humid moss and litter of forests, mainly in high mountains, more rarely in low mountain range and the plain
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia
(Roberts 1987)
Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Ocular area, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1960a)
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
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
IJland S, Miller J, Sluijs Y J van, Helsdingen P J van (2011) Enkele spinnen uit Zuid-Limburg, met Monocephalus castaneipes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) nieuw voor Nederland. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 31: 19-22
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
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
Wiehle H (1960a) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: 1-620
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2