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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Semljicola  Strand, 1906   10 species

Semljicola barbiger (L. Koch, 1879)

Description
Male

Palp male: with apically round tibia, without apophysis.
Prosoma grey-brown, with black pattern. Sternum black. Chelicerae light brown. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma dark grey.

Body length male: 1.5 mm
Female

Epigyne with median plate, approximately as long as wide. 

Body length female: 1.8 mm
Additional information

in sphagnum of fen and heathland above timberline

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Scandinavia, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Kazakhstan
Phenology
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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.

Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Norway   (Aakra et al., 2016) ||| Russia, Northern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) |||
References

Aakra K, Morka G H, Antonson A, Farlund M, Wrånes R E, Frølandshagen R, Løvbrekke H, Furuseth P, Fjellberg A, Lemke M, Pfliegler W P, Andersen S, Olsen K M, Aadland B, Berggren K (2016) Spiders new to Norway (Arachnida, Araneae) with ecological, taxonomical and faunistic comments. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 6-43 pdf

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp. pdf

Holm Å (1945) Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Torneträskgebietes. Arkiv för Zoologi 36(A15): 1-80 pdf

Holm Å (1963) Spiders of the genus Eboria Falc. (Araneae: Erigonidae). Entomologisk Tidskrift 84: 266-281 pdf

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm pdf

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001] pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Saaristo M I, Eskov K Y (1996) Taxonomy and zoogeography of the hypoarctic erigonine spider genus Semljicola (Araneida, Linyphiidae). Acta Zoologica Fenninca 201: 47-69 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
14-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
24-05-2020 Distribution update Detail
04-02-2018 Image insert
18-04-2016 Image insert
01-07-2014 Distribution update Detail
26-02-2014 Distribution update Detail