Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Description
Tibial apophysis with pointed triangular dorsal process. Epigyne bent upward and viewed from posterior ± triangular. Receptacula seminis not visible through epigyne.
Body length male: 1.7-2.1 mmBody length female: 2.1-2.2 mm
Additional information
This species of North American origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Tibial apophysis
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne, lifted
(Roberts 1987)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
Wilson R (2015) Philodromus buxi and Anyphaena sabina: two new records for the UK. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 132: 17-19
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 29-08-2023 | Distribution update | Detail |