Peponocranium Explained

Peponocranium is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, found in Europe:^[2]

• Peponocranium dubium Wunderlich, 1995 – Mongolia
• Peponocranium ludicrum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) (type) – Europe, Russia
• Peponocranium orbiculatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) – Germany to Russia, Georgia
• Peponocranium praeceps Miller, 1943 – Finland, Germany to Russia, Ukraine
• Peponocranium simile Tullgren, 1955 – Sweden

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1884. Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Peponocranium Simon, 1884. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-19. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.