Praestigia duffeyi Millidge, 1954
Description
Male
Dorsal tibial apophysis long and bent outwardly.
Prosoma black-brown, with darker median spot and vague radial stripes. Male: not distinctly elevated, with conical, haired process above anterior median eyes. Legs orange. Opisthosoma black.
Female
Epigyne with weakly structured epigynal plate.
Body length female: 2.7 mmAdditional information
in coastal area, in humid and very salty regions
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1961a)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1961b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1961b)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket et al. 1974)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1995)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1961b)
Prosoma
(Wiehle 1961b)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Wiehle 1961b)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Locket et al. 1974)
Habitus
(Bosselaers 1996)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket et al. 1974)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1961b)
Prosoma
(Wiehle 1961b)
Prosoma
(Wiehle 1961b)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Locket et al. 1974)
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
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, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Bosselaers J (1996) In: Bosmans R, Spinnen in Saeftinghe. In: Buise M & Sponselee G (eds.) "Saeftinghe, verdronken land". Duerinck, Kloosterzande, 286 pp.
Esyunin S L (2006) Remarks on the Ural spider fauna (Arachnida: Aranei). 11. New faunistic records. Arthropoda Selecta 14: 329-337
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
Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.
Marusik Y M, Gnelitsa V A, Koponen S (2008) A survey of Holarctic Linyphiidae (Araneae). 3. A review of the genus Praestigia Millidge, 1954. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14: 213-231
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Scharff N, Gudik-Sørensen O (2006) Katalog over Danmarks edderkopper (Araneae). Catalogue of the spiders of Denmark (Araneae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 74: 3-71
Wiehle H (1961a) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Spinnenfauna II. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 37: 171-188
Wiehle H (1961b) Spinnen aus Slovenien. Senckenbergiana Biologica 42: 409-415
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2