# Centromerus

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***Centromerus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [dwarf spiders](/source/Linyphiidae) that was first described by [David B. Hirst](/source/Friedrich_Dahl) in 1886.[3]

## Species

As of May 2021 it contains eighty-eight species and two subspecies:[1]

- *[C. abditus](/source/Centromerus_abditus)* Gnelitsa, 2007 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe)
- *[C. acutidentatus](/source/Centromerus_acutidentatus)* Deltshev, 2002 – Balkans
- *[C. albidus](/source/Centromerus_albidus)* [Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1929 – Europe, Turkey
- *[C. amurensis](/source/Centromerus_amurensis)* [Eskov](/source/Kirill_Yeskov) & [Marusik](/source/Yuri_M._Marusik), 1992 – Russia (South Siberia to Far East)
- *[C. andrei](/source/Centromerus_andrei)* Dresco, 1952 – Spain
- *[C. andriescui](/source/Centromerus_andriescui)* Weiss, 1987 – Romania
- *[C. anoculus](/source/Centromerus_anoculus)* [Wunderlich](/source/J%C3%B6rg_Wunderlich), 1995 – Madeira
- *[C. arcanus](/source/Centromerus_arcanus)* ([O. Pickard-Cambridge](/source/Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge), 1873) – Greenland, Europe, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia)
- *[C. balazuci](/source/Centromerus_balazuci)* Dresco, 1952 – France
- *[C. bonaeviae](/source/Centromerus_bonaeviae)* [Brignoli](/source/Paolo_Brignoli), 1979 – Italy (Sardinia)
- *[C. brevipalpus](/source/Centromerus_brevipalpus)* (Menge, 1866) ([type](/source/Type_species)) – Europe, Kazakhstan
- *[C. bulgarianus](/source/Centromerus_bulgarianus)* (Drensky, 1931) – Bulgaria
- *[C. capucinus](/source/Centromerus_capucinus)* (Simon, 1884) – Europe, Caucasus
- *[C. cavernarum](/source/Centromerus_cavernarum)* ([L. Koch](/source/Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch), 1872) – Europe
- *[C. chappuisi](/source/Centromerus_chappuisi)* Fage, 1931 – Romania
- *[C. cinctus](/source/Centromerus_cinctus)* (Simon, 1884) – France (Corsica), Algeria, Tunisia
- *[C. clarus](/source/Centromerus_clarus)* (L. Koch, 1879) – Russia (Europe to Far East)
- *[C. cornupalpis](/source/Centromerus_cornupalpis)* (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – USA, Canada
- *[C. corsicus](/source/Centromerus_corsicus)* (Simon, 1910) – France (Corsica)
- *[C. cottarellii](/source/Centromerus_cottarellii)* Brignoli, 1979 – Italy
- *[C. dacicus](/source/Centromerus_dacicus)* Dumitrescu & Georgescu, 1980 – Romania, Serbia
- *[C. denticulatus](/source/Centromerus_denticulatus)* ([Emerton](/source/James_Henry_Emerton), 1909) – USA
- *[C. desmeti](/source/Centromerus_desmeti)* Bosmans, 1986 – Morocco, Algeria, Spain (Majorca)
- *[C. dilutus](/source/Centromerus_dilutus)* (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Europe
- *[C. europaeus](/source/Centromerus_europaeus)* (Simon, 1911) – Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria, Balkans
- *[C. fuerteventurensis](/source/Centromerus_fuerteventurensis)* Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
- *[C. furcatus](/source/Centromerus_furcatus)* (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
- *[C. gatoi](/source/Centromerus_gatoi)* Ballarin & Pantini, 2020 – Italy
- *[C. gentilis](/source/Centromerus_gentilis)* Dumitrescu & Georgescu, 1980 – Romania
- *[C. hanseni](/source/Centromerus_hanseni)* Ballarin & Pantini, 2020 – Italy
- *[C. ictericus](/source/Centromerus_ictericus)* (Simon, 1929) – France
- *[C. incilium](/source/Centromerus_incilium)* (L. Koch, 1881) – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
- *[C. isaiai](/source/Centromerus_isaiai)* Bosmans, 2015 – France (mainland, Corsica), Italy (Sardinia)
- *[C. lakatnikensis](/source/Centromerus_lakatnikensis)* (Drensky, 1931) – Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece
- *[C. latidens](/source/Centromerus_latidens)* (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
- *[C. laziensis](/source/Centromerus_laziensis)* Hu, 2001 – China
- *[C. leruthi](/source/Centromerus_leruthi)* Fage, 1933 – Europe
- *[C. levitarsis](/source/Centromerus_levitarsis)* (Simon, 1884) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
- *[C. longibulbus](/source/Centromerus_longibulbus)* (Emerton, 1882) – USA
- *[C. marciai](/source/Centromerus_marciai)* Bosmans & Gasparo, 2015 – Italy (Sardinia)
- *[C. mariannae](/source/Centromerus_mariannae)* Slowik, 2018 – Canada, USA
- *[C. milleri](/source/Centromerus_milleri)* Deltshev, 1974 – Bulgaria
- *[C. minor](/source/Centromerus_minor)* [Tanasevitch](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Victorovitch_Tanasevitch), 1990 – Turkey, Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)
- *[C. minutissimus](/source/Centromerus_minutissimus)* Merrett & Powell, 1993 – Britain, Germany
- *[C. nurgush](/source/Centromerus_nurgush)* Tanasevitch & Esyunin, 2013 – Russia (Europe)
- *[C. obenbergeri](/source/Centromerus_obenbergeri)* Kratochvíl & Miller, 1938 – Montenegro
- *[C. obscurus](/source/Centromerus_obscurus)* [Bösenberg](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_B%C3%B6senberg), 1902 – Central Europe
- *[C. pabulator](/source/Centromerus_pabulator)* (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Europe
- *[C. pacificus](/source/Centromerus_pacificus)* Eskov & Marusik, 1992 – Russia (South Siberia to Far East)
- *[C. paradoxus](/source/Centromerus_paradoxus)* (Simon, 1884) – Western Mediterranean
- *[C. pasquinii](/source/Centromerus_pasquinii)* Brignoli, 1971 – Italy
- *[C. persimilis](/source/Centromerus_persimilis)* (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1912) – Europe
- *[C. persolutus](/source/Centromerus_persolutus)* (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – USA, Canada
- *[C. petrovi](/source/Centromerus_petrovi)* Dimitrov & Deltshev, 2019 – Turkey
- *[C. phoceorum](/source/Centromerus_phoceorum)* Simon, 1929 – Portugal, Spain, France, Madeira, Algeria, Tunisia
- *[C. piccolo](/source/Centromerus_piccolo)* Weiss, 1996 – Germany
- *[C. ponsi](/source/Centromerus_ponsi)* Lissner, 2016 – Spain (Balearic Is.)
- *[C. pratensis](/source/Centromerus_pratensis)* Gnelitsa & Ponomarev, 2010 – Russia (Europe)
- *[C. prudens](/source/Centromerus_prudens)* (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Europe, North Africa - *[Centromerus p. electus](/source/Centromerus_prudens)* (Simon, 1884) – France
- *[C. puddui](/source/Centromerus_puddui)* Brignoli, 1979 – Italy (Sardinia)
- *[C. qinghaiensis](/source/Centromerus_qinghaiensis)* Hu, 2001 – China
- *[C. qingzangensis](/source/Centromerus_qingzangensis)* Hu, 2001 – China
- *[C. remotus](/source/Centromerus_remotus)* [Roewer](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Roewer), 1938 – Indonesia (Moluccas)
- *[C. satyrus](/source/Centromerus_satyrus)* (Simon, 1884) – France
- *[C. sellarius](/source/Centromerus_sellarius)* (Simon, 1884) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
- *[C. semiater](/source/Centromerus_semiater)* (L. Koch, 1879) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia)
- *[C. serbicus](/source/Centromerus_serbicus)* Deltshev, 2002 – Serbia
- *[C. serratus](/source/Centromerus_serratus)* (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Europe
- *[C. setosus](/source/Centromerus_setosus)* Miller & Kratochvíl, 1940 – Slovakia
- *[C. sexoculatus](/source/Centromerus_sexoculatus)* Wunderlich, 1992 – Madeira
- *[C. silvicola](/source/Centromerus_silvicola)* ([Kulczyński](/source/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kulczy%C5%84ski), 1887) – Central Europe to Balkans and Ukraine
- *[C. sinuatus](/source/Centromerus_sinuatus)* Bosmans, 1986 – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
- *[C. sinus](/source/Centromerus_sinus)* (Simon, 1884) – Spain, France
- *[C. subalpinus](/source/Centromerus_subalpinus)* [Lessert](/source/Roger_de_Lessert), 1907 – Alps (France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia)
- *[C. subcaecus](/source/Centromerus_subcaecus)* Kulczyński, 1914 – Europe
- *[C. succinus](/source/Centromerus_succinus)* (Simon, 1884) – Western Mediterranean
- *[C. sylvaticus](/source/Centromerus_sylvaticus)* ([Blackwall](/source/John_Blackwall), 1841) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Korea, Japan - *[Centromerus s. paucidentatus](/source/Centromerus_sylvaticus)* Deltshev, 1983 – Bulgaria
- *[C. tennapex](/source/Centromerus_tennapex)* (Barrows, 1940) – USA
- *[C. terrigenus](/source/Centromerus_terrigenus)* [Yaginuma](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Takeo_Yaginuma), 1972 – Russia (Sakhalin, Kurile Is.), Japan
- *[C. timidus](/source/Centromerus_timidus)* (Simon, 1884) – Spain, Romania
- *[C. tongiorgii](/source/Centromerus_tongiorgii)* Ballarin & Pantini, 2020 – Italy
- *[C. tridentinus](/source/Centromerus_tridentinus)* [Caporiacco](/source/Lodovico_di_Caporiacco), 1952 – Italy
- *[C. trilobus](/source/Centromerus_trilobus)* Tao, Li & Zhu, 1995 – China
- *[C. truki](/source/Centromerus_truki)* [Millidge](/source/A._F._Millidge), 1991 – Caroline Is.
- *[C. unicolor](/source/Centromerus_unicolor)* Roewer, 1959 – Turkey
- *[C. ussuricus](/source/Centromerus_ussuricus)* Eskov & Marusik, 1992 – Russia (Far East)
- *[C. valkanovi](/source/Centromerus_valkanovi)* Deltshev, 1983 – Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
- *[C. variegatus](/source/Centromerus_variegatus)* [Denis](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Denis), 1962 – Madeira

## References

1. ["Gen. Centromerus Dahl, 1886"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1218). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2019-06-13.

1. Eskov, K. Y. & Marusik, Y. M. (1992). "The spider genus *Centromerus* (Aranei Linyphiidae) in the fauna of Siberia and the Russian Far East, with an analysis of its distribution.". *Arthropoda Selecta*. **1** (2): 34.

1. 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.

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