Peponocranium orbiculatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012323

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Described:

Distribution: Belgium, Central to Eastern Europe, Georgia


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Taxonomic References
Walckenaera orbiculata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882b: 260, pl. 13, f. 2 (Dm) Original description
Peponocranium orbiculatum Simon, 1884a: 689
Peponocranium orbiculatum Dahl, 1886: 101 (Df)
Peponocranium orbiculatum Bösenberg, 1902: 214, pl. 19, f. 302 (mf)
Peponocranium ludicrum Miller, 1943: 23, pl. 3, f. 6 (m; misidentified sensu Wiehle, 1960a: 303)
Peponocranium ludicrum Miller, 1947: 62, pl. 4, f. 7-8 (mf; misidentified per Wiehle, 1960a: 303)
Peponocranium orbiculatum Wiehle, 1960a: 303, f. 553-561 (mf, removed from S of Peponocranium ludicrum, rejecting Smith, 1906: 312 and Simon, 1926: 479)
Peponocranium orbiculatum Miller, 1971: 258, pl. 52, f. 16-18 (mf)
Peponocranium orbiculatum Tanasevitch, 1990: 103, f. 21.22, 23.5, 24.8 (mf)
Peponocranium orbiculatum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 232, f. 624 (mf)
Peponocranium orbiculatum Esyunin, Efimik & Polyanin, 1995: 64, f. 14-15 (f)
Peponocranium orbiculatum Milano, Pantini & Isaia, 2025: 20, f. 2c-d, 3d-f, 4c-d (mf)
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

Dahl, F. (1886). Monographie der Erigone-Arten im Thorell' schen. Sinne, nebst anderen Beiträgen zur Spinnenfauna SchleswigHolsteins. Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein 6: 65-102. -- Show included taxa

Esyunin, S. L., Efimik, V. E. & Polyanin, A. B. (1995). Remarks on the Ural spider fauna, 5. New records of spider species of the family Linyphiidae from the Urals (Arachnida Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 4(2): 49-71. -- Show included taxa

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

Milano, F., Pantini, P. & Isaia, M. (2025). A new species of Peponocranium (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Alps. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 69: 19-26. doi: 10.30963/aramit6906 -- Show included taxa

Miller, F. (1943). Neue Spinnen aus der Serpentinsteppe bei Mohelno in Mähren. Entomologické Listy, Brno 6: 11-29. -- Show included taxa

Miller, F. (1947). Pavoučí zvířena hadcových stepí u Mohelna. Archiv Svazu na Výzkum a Ochranu Přírody i Krajiny v Zemi Moravskoslezské 7: 1-107. -- Show included taxa

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

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1882b). On some new species of Araneidea, with characters of a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 9(52): 258-262, pl. 13. doi: 10.1080/00222938209459037 -- 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

Tanasevitch, A. V. (1990). The spider family Linyphiidae in the fauna of the Caucasus (Arachnida, Aranei). In: B. R. Striganova (ed.) Fauna nazemnykh bespozvonochnykh Kavkaza. Akademia Nauk, Moscow, pp. 5-114. -- Show included taxa

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

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-06-28 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Peponocranium ambrosii Milano & Isaia, 2025
2025-06-28 New taxonomic reference entry Milano, Pantini & Isaia, 2025
2025-06-28 Species distribution update Milano, Pantini & Isaia, 2025 Old value

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