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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Praestigia  Millidge, 1954   5 species

Praestigia pini (Holm, 1950)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009541

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Description
Male

Pedipalp: Dorsal tibial apophysis abruptly narrowed at tip with spine-like extension. Rostrum of prosoma directed forward and slightly upwards.

Body length male: 2.03 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 0.84-0.87 mm, prosoma width: 0.65-0.73. Epigyne with a reduced neck of the median plate.

Body length female: 2.57 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Sweden, Finland, Russia (Europe to Far East), Mongolia
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Marusik et al. 2008)

species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Marusik et al. 2008)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

species

male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

species

male Tibial apophysis, caudal view
(Marusik et al. 2008)

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male Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Marusik et al. 2008)

species

male Prosoma, lateral view
(Marusik et al. 2008)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Marusik et al. 2008)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

species

female Epigyne, caudal view
(Marusik et al. 2008)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Marusik et al. 2008)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Marusik et al. 2008)

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female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Tibia I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

species

female Metatarsus I
(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.

Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (Nekhaeva, 2020; Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) |||
References

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

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 pdf

Nekhaeva A A (2020) On the spider fauna (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Kanin Peninsula and Kolguev Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 29: 387-398 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
13-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
02-10-2020 Distribution insert Detail
22-03-2016 Image insert
28-05-2013 Image insert
28-05-2013 Datasheet update Detail