Pardosa septentrionalis (Westring, 1861)
Description
Male
Prosoma brownish, median band posteriorly yellowish, submarginal band yellowish, two large spots behind ocular area. Legs yellowish with some brownish streaks. Sternum dusky brown with yellowish anterior median stripe. Opisthosoma dorsally greyish brown, anterior lanceolate stripe light brown, lateral rows of black marks, ventrally brownish.
Prosoma length: 3.6 mm, prosoma width: 2.8 mm.
Female
Dark reddish brown. Prosoma dorsally with yellowish brown posterior median band, light behind ocular area. Sternum black. Legs yellowish brown. Opisthosoma dorsally dark greyish brown, ventrally light brownish. Epigyne: two deep pockets anteriorly, median septum broad, except anterior part. Atrium widened and deep in middle. Openings close to anterior part of posterior septum.
Prosoma length: 3.1 mm, prosoma width: 2.4 mm.
Body length female: 8 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kronestedt 1986)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Aadland unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Aadland unpubl.)
Embolus
(Kronestedt 1986)
Embolus, ventral view
(Kronestedt 1986)
Terminal apophysis
(Kronestedt 1986)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Kronestedt 1986)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Aadland unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tarsus I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke 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 
Koponen S, Marusik Y M, Tanasevitch A V (1998) New data on the spider fauna of the Polar Urals (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 6: 109-119
Kronestedt T (1986) Studies on species of Holarctic Pardosa groups (Araneae, Lycosidae). III. Redescriptions of Pardosa algens (Kulczyński), P. septentrionalis (Westring), and P. sodalis Holm. Entomologica Scandinavica 17: 215-234
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Marusik Y M, Koponen S, Makarova O L (2016a) A survey of spiders (Araneae) collected on the arctic island of Dolgiy (69°12′N), Barents Sea. Arachnology 17: 10-24
Morka G H (unpubl.)
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2