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Genus: Araeoncus Simon, 1884 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Araeoncus dentatus (Tullgren, 1955)

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Distribution: France, Italy, Northern Europe, Central Europe to Russia (Europe)

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Syntype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden ff - (Tullgren, 1955)

Taxonomic References

Diplocephalus dentatus Tullgren, 1955: 329, f. 32a-b (Df) Original description

Diplocephalus dentatus Miller, 1959: 54, f. 28-38 (Dm, f)

Diplocephalus dentatus Casemir, 1960: 255, pl. 1, f. 1-10, pl. 2, f. 1-9 (mf)

Diplocephalus dentatus Wiehle, 1960a: 611, f. 1142-1147 (mf)

Diplocephalus dentatus Miller, 1971: 281, pl. 60, f. 14-17 (mf)

Diplocephalus dentatus Millidge, 1977: 34, f. 129 (m)

Diplocephalus dentatus Schaible & Gack, 1987: 179, f. 7 (m prosoma)

Diplocephalus dentatus Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 142, f. 397 (mf)

Diplocephalus dentatus Thaler, 1991a: 166, f. 1-3 (mf)

Araeoncus dentatus Frick, Sanz-LaParra & Kropf, 2026: 73, 97, f. 16C, 19E (m, T from Diplocephalus, figs. sub Diplocephalus)

References

Casemir, H. (1960). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der niederrheinischen Spinnenfauna. Decheniana 113: 239-264. -- Show included taxa

Frick, H., Sanz-LaParra, A. M. & Kropf, C. (2026). Systematic revision of the Savignia genus group (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae) with notes on their cephalic lobe evolution. European Journal of Taxonomy 1071: 1-138. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1071.3296 ZooBank: CFCE23F0-2120-4178-B02D-5C5871E202EA -- Show included taxa

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

Miller, F. (1959). Einige neue oder unvollkommen bekannte Spinnenarten aus der Familie der Erigoniden. Sborník Entomologického Oddělení Národního Musea v Praze 33: 41-59. -- 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

Schaible, U. & Gack, C. (1987). Zur Morphologie, Histologie und biologischen Bedeutung der Kopfstrukturen einiger Arten der Gattung Diplocephalus (Araneida, Linyphiidae, Erigoninae). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 29: 171-180. -- Show included taxa

Thaler, K. (1991a). Über wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen – VIII (Arachnida: Aranei, Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 98(1): 165-184. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.79783 -- Show included taxa

Tullgren, A. (1955). Zur Kenntnis schwedischer Erigoniden. Arkiv för Zoologi (N.S.) 7(20, 1954): 295-389, pl. 1-29. -- 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	Comment
2026-07-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Frick, Sanz-LaParra & Kropf, 2026
2026-07-29	Species transferred to new genus	Frick, Sanz-LaParra & Kropf, 2026	Species transferred from Diplocephalus Bertkau, 1883 to Araeoncus Simon, 1884
2019-09-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Schaible & Gack, 1987