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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Semljicola  Strand, 1906   10 species

Semljicola caliginosus (Falconer, 1910)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012608

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Description

Embolus consisting of a short, rounded tooth. Prosoma yellowish-brown, eye region and dorsal groove darkened. Sternum yellowish-brown, tinged with black. Legs yellowish-brown. Opisthosoma grey.

Body length male: 2 mm
Body length female: 2 mm
Additional information

In humid moss and grass in the mountains. In moist leaf-litter and detritus in Salix-shrubs close to open water (Southern Norway). May be found at quite low altitudes (115. m.a.s.l.).

 

Frequency: Very rarely found

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Britain, Norway, Russia (Europe)
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp
(Saaristo & Eskov 1996)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Pedipalp
(Saaristo & Eskov 1996)

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Pedipalp
(Aakra et al. 2016)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Palpal tibia
(Roberts 1987)

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male Palpal tibia
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Holm 1963)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Holm 1963)

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female Epigyne
(Holm 1963)

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female Epigyne
(Saaristo & Eskov 1996)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne
(Aakra et al. 2016)

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female Vulva
(Holm 1963)

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female Vulva
(Roberts 1987)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Aakra et al. 2016)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Distribution List
Norway   (Aakra et al., 2016) ||| Russia, Northern   (Nekhaeva, 2020) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
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

Fjellberg A (unpubl.) .

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

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

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

Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp. pdf

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
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