Gongylidiellum vivum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010698

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Described:

Distribution: Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran


Type Repository Provide information
  • Neotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK m (4440 (ix)), validity of neotype doubtful - (Locket, 1964)
  • Paratype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK f (4440 (i)) - (Locket, 1964)
Taxonomic References
Erigone viva O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875b: 330, pl. 44, f. 5 (Dm) Original description
Neriene viva O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881a: 435
Gongylidiellum vivum Simon, 1884a: 610, f. 429-430 (m, Df)
Gongylidiellum arctatum Simon, 1884a: 611 (Dm)
Gongylidiellum vivum Bösenberg, 1902: 177, pl. 16, f. 242 (mf)
Gongylidiellum vivum Simon, 1926: 457, 524, f. 788 (mf)
Gongylidiellum vivum Miller, 1936a: 186, f. 7 (m)
Gongylidiellum vivum Miller, 1951: 243, pl. III, f. 2-3 (removed mf from S of G. parvum)
Gongylidiellum vivum Locket & Millidge, 1953: 281, f. 170A, C, 171A (mf)
Gongylidiellum vivum Wiehle, 1960a: 492, f. 910-915 (mf)
Gongylidiellum vivum Merrett, 1963a: 627, f. 6-7 (m)
Gongylidiellum vivum Merrett, 1963b: 407, f. 78A-C (m)
Gongylidiellum vivum Miller, 1971: 277, pl. LVIII, f. 22-23 (mf)
Gongylidiellum vivum Millidge, 1977: 13, f. 34 (m)
Gongylidiellum vivum Roberts, 1987: 80, f. 34a (mf)
Gongylidiellum vivum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 164, f. 448 (mf)
Gongylidiellum vivum Millidge, 1993c: 147, f. 38 (f)
Gongylidiellum vivum Hormiga, 2000: 38, f. 11A-H, pl. 28A-F, 29A-F (mf)
Gongylidiellum vivum Bosmans, 2007: 129, f. 64-68 (mf)
Gongylidiellum vivum Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 135, f. 97N (f)
References

Bösenberg, W. (1902). Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(2-4): 97-384, pl. 9-36. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.6508 -- Show included taxa

Bosmans, R. (2007). Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XII. Miscellaneous erigonine genera and additional records (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 143: 117-163. -- Show included taxa

Heimer, S. & Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp. -- Show included taxa

Hormiga, G. (2000). Higher level phylogenetics of erigonine spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Erigoninae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 609: 1-160. -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184. -- Show included taxa

Locket, G. H. & Millidge, A. F. (1953). British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. -- Show included taxa

Merrett, P. (1963a). On a soil-dwelling linyphiid spider, Wiehlea calcarifera (Simon). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13) 5(58): 625-630. doi: 10.1080/00222936208651294 -- Show included taxa

Merrett, P. (1963b). The palpus of male spiders of the family Linyphiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 140(3): 347-467. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01867.x -- Show included taxa

Miller, F. (1936a). Nekolik vzacnych, pro csr novych Pavouku. Časopis Československé Společnosti Entomologické 33: 186-187. -- Show included taxa

Miller, F. (1951). Pavouci zvírena vrchovist' u Rejvízu v Jesenicích [Araneous-fauna of the peat-bogs near Rejvíz (High-Jeseník, ČSR)]. Přírodovědecký Sborník Ostravského Kraje 12: 202-247. -- Show included taxa

Miller, F. (1971). Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306. -- Show included taxa

Millidge, A. F. (1977). The conformation of the male palpal organs of linyphiid spiders, and its application to the taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of the family (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 1-60. -- Show included taxa

Millidge, A. F. (1993c). Further remarks on the taxonomy and relationships of the Linyphiidae, based on the epigynal duct confirmations and other characters (Araneae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9(5): 145-156. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1875b). On some new species of Erigone. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 43(2): 190-224, 323-335, pl. 22-24, 44. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1881a). The spiders of Dorset, with an appendix containing short descriptions of those British species not yet found in Dorsetshire. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club 2: 237-625. -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1987). The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: Linyphiidae and check list. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1884a). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 180-885, pl. 26-27. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1926). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 2e partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 309-532. -- Show included taxa

Wiehle, H. (1960a). Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae – Zwergspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: 1-620. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-04-07 New taxonomic reference entry Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025
2025-04-07 Species distribution update Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025 Old value
2019-12-16 Species distribution update Bosmans, 2007 Old value
2019-12-16 Species distribution update Zamani et al., 2019b Old value

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