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Genus: Silometopus Simon, 1926 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Silometopus incurvatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012630

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Described:

Distribution: Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Central Asia

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK m (4150i; the f 4150vi has no type status) - (Locket, 1964)

Taxonomic References

Walckenaera incurvata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873c: 551, pl. 46, f. 20 (Dm) Original description

Tapinocyba incurvata Simon, 1884a: 787

Tapinocyba incurvata Smith, 1901a: 333, p. 334: f. 1c, 2c (m)

Cnephalocotes incurvatus Hull, 1911b: 57, pl. 2, f. 10 (Df)

Scleroschema reginaldi Hull, 1911b: 55, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060181]

Cnephalocotes incurvatus Hull, 1936: 35 (S of Scleroschema reginaldi)

Cnephalocotes intricatus Hull, 1936: 35 (new name for f of C. incurvatus by Hull, 1911b: 57, pl. 2, f. 10; but this was not accepted later on, even not included in the catalogs)

Silometopus incurvatus Denis, 1942a: 84 (S of Scleroschema reginaldi confirmed)

Silometopus incurvatus Locket & Millidge, 1953: 253, f. 154A, C (m)

Silometopus incurvatus Locket, 1964: 266, f. 3B (f)

Silometopus incurvatus Usher, 1965: 37, f. 1a-d (f)

Silometopus incurvatus Wiehle, 1967a: 4, f. 11-15 (m)

Silometopus incurvatus Casemir, 1970: 210, f. 5.1-2, pl. I, f. 4 (mf)

Silometopus incurvatus Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 89, f. 54B (f)

Silometopus incurvatus Holm, 1977b: 165, f. 15-17 (mf)

Silometopus incurvatus Wozny, 1983: 189, f. a (m; probably to Silometopus bilacunatus)

Silometopus incurvatus Roberts, 1987: 64, f. 26c, 27d (mf)

Silometopus incurvatus Fiszer, 1988: 529, f. 1-3, 4b (mf; probably to Silometopus bilacunatus)

Silometopus incurvatus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 246, f. 662 (mf)

Silometopus incurvatus Breitling et al., 2015: 75, f. 3 (m, S of Tapinocyba bilacunata [revalidated by Kielhorn, 2025b: 50, sub Silometopus])

Silometopus incurvatus Kielhorn, 2025b: 51, f. 1a, c (m)

References

Breitling, R., Lemke, M., Bauer, T., Hohner, M., Grabolle, A. & Blick, T. (2015). Phantom spiders: notes on dubious spider species from Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 65-80. doi: 10.5431/aramit5010 -- Show included taxa

Casemir, H. (1970). Silometopus bonessi n. sp., eine neue Micryphantide, und vergleichende Darstellung der aus Deutschland bekannten Arten der Gattung Silometopus E. Simon 1926 (Arachnida: Araneae: Micryphantidae). Decheniana 122: 207-216. -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1942a). Notes sur les érigonides. II. A propos de la femelle de Diplocephalus protuberans (O. P. Cambr.). Revue Française d'Entomologie 9: 82-84. -- Show included taxa

Fiszer, J. (1988). The second locality of a rare spider Silometopus incurvatus (O. P.-Cambridge) (Aranei, Erigonidae) in Poland. Przegląd Zoologiczny 32: 529-533. -- Show included taxa

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

Holm, Å. (1977b). Two new species of the erigonine genera Savignia and Silometopus (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Swedish Lapland. Entomologica Scandinavica 8(3): 161-166. doi: 10.1163/187631277X00224 -- Show included taxa

Hull, J. E. (1911b). New and rare Brit. spiders. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne (N.S.) 4(1): 42-58, pl. 2. [[volume publ. in 1914, but seperates were available in 1911, see Bonnet, 1945: 399]] -- Show included taxa

Hull, J. E. (1936). Concerning a coast spider. The Vasculum 22(1): 35. -- Show included taxa

Kielhorn, K.-H. (2025b). Silometopus acutus ist ein jüngeres Synonym von Silometopus bilacunatus (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 70: 50-53. doi: 10.30963/aramit7009 -- Show included taxa

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

Locket, G. H. (1964). Type material of British spiders in the O. Pickard-Cambridge collection at Oxford. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13) 7(77): 257-278. doi: 10.1080/00222936408656035 -- Show included taxa

Locket, G. H., Millidge, A. F. & Merrett, P. (1974). British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1873c). On new and rare British spiders (being a second supplement to "British spiders new to science", Linn. Trans. vol xxvii, p. 393). Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 28(4): 523-555, pl. 46. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1873.tb00231.x [[cited as of 1874 by Thorell, 1875c: 38]] -- 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

Smith, F. P. (1901a). An introduction to British spiders [continued]. Science-Gossip New Series 7(80, 81, 82, 83, 84): 235-236, 265-267, 303-304, 333-334, 358-360. -- Show included taxa

Usher, M. B. (1965). On the occurrence of Silometopus incurvatus (O. P.-Cambridge) (Araneae, Linyphiidae) in Scotland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13) 8(85): 37-39. doi: 10.1080/00222936508651534 -- Show included taxa

Wiehle, H. (1967a). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Spinnenfauna, V. (Arach., Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 1-36. -- Show included taxa

Woźny, M. (1983). Silometopus incurvatus (O. P.-Cambridge) (Aranei, Erigonidae)-new spider for Polish fauna. Przegląd Zoologiczny 27: 189-191. -- 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

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-20	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to other taxon
2026-01-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Kielhorn, 2025b
2026-01-07	Taxonomic reference update	Kielhorn, 2025b	Old value
2026-01-07	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon	Kielhorn, 2025b		Taxonomic reference entry assigned to other taxon
2026-01-07	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon	Kielhorn, 2025b		Taxonomic reference entry assigned to other taxon
2020-11-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Smith, 1901a
2020-08-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Hull, 1936
2020-08-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Hull, 1936
2015-10-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Breitling et al., 2015
2015-10-20	Species synonymy	Breitling et al., 2015		Silometopus bilacunatus synonymized with Silometopus incurvatus