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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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Figures
Distribution List
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
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01-07-2014 Distribution update Detail
26-02-2014 Distribution update Detail