Lycosidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Pardosa  C. L. Koch, 1847   125 species

Pardosa eiseni (Thorell, 1875)

Description
Male

Male palp with broad, basal part of shield-process. Embolus flat, bent, ending with broad lamella. Prosoma red-brown, with yellow median longitudinal band, broadened anteriorly, lateral band not interrupted. Prosoma length male: 2.9-3.6 mm. Legs yellowish, dark, annulated (mostly dorsally). Femur I and II ± brown. Opisthosoma grey-brown with reddish pattern.

Female

Prosoma length female: 3.0-3.7 mm

Body length female: 7 mm
Additional information

In coniferous forest, on lichens and moss, 800-1200 m

Frequency: Frequent

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Scandinavia, Russia (Europe to Far East)
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (Koponen et al., 1998) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) |||
References

Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 pdf

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

Fjellberg A (unpubl.) .

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

Koponen S, Marusik Y M, Tanasevitch A V (1998) New data on the spider fauna of the Polar Urals (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 6: 109-119 pdf

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

Kronestedt T (2004) Studies on species of Holarctic Pardosa groups (Araneae, Lycosidae). VI. On the identity of Pardosa luciae Tongiorgi with notes on P. trailli (O. P.-Cambridge) and some other species in the P. nigra-group. In Thaler, K. (ed.), Diversität und Biologie von Webspinnen, Skorpionen und anderen Spinnentieren. Denisia 12: 281-290 pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Morka G H (unpubl.)

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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