Erigone atra Blackwall, 1833
Description
Tibial apophysis with a medially rounded, flat process. Epigynal plate approximately twice as wide as long. Prosoma chestnut-brown, radial stripes and lateral region darker. Legs yellow-brown to red-brown. Opisthosoma grey-black.
Body length male: 1.9-2.5 mmBody length female: 1.8-2.8 mm
Additional information
in many habitats, only missing at very dry locations
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Baert et al. 2023)
Pedipalp with tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Baert et al. 2023)
Embolic division, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolic division
(Baert et al. 2023)
Patellar and tibial apophysis
(Tyschchenko 1971)
Palpal tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Palpal tibia
(Roberts 1987)
Palpal tibia
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Palpal tibia
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, frontal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne, lifted
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Tyschchenko 1971)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Unruh 2020)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Locket et al. 1974)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Baert et al. 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral 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
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