Erigone promiscua (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
Description
Tibial apophysis with rounded dorsal process. Epigyne ± quadrangular when lifted and in posterior view. Receptaculum seminis distinctly visible through the epigyne. Prosoma chestnut-brown, radial stripes darker, marginal area blackish. Legs yellow-brown to red-brown. Opisthosoma grey-black.
Body length male: 2.0-2.2 mmBody length female: 2.0-2.2 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tip of pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Roberts 1987)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne, lifted
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Locket et al. 1974)
Vulva
(Locket et al. 1974)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Aadland unpubl.)
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
Aadland B (unpubl.) .
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Bosmans R (2007) Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XII. Miscellaneous erigonine genera and additional records (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 143: 117-163
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152
Duffey E (2004) Erigone promiscua (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872), its distribution and habitat in Europe with comparative notes on E. longipalpis (Sundevall, 1830) and E. arctica (White, 1852) (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique 14: 151-157
Fage L (1938) Sur quelques araignées du Haut-Atlas marocain a propos d'une espece nouvelle: Agelena atlantea, sp. nov. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc 18: 120-122
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp.
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lissner J, Jensen J-K, Hansen L J, Simonsen W, Kelduni R, Nissen K (2016b) An updated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Faroe Islands. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 197-240
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Mikhailov K G (2013) The spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Russia and adjacent countries: a non-annotated checklist. Arthropoda Selecta, Supplement 3: 1-262
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2