araneae - Erigone maritima

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Erigone maritima Kulczyński, 1902

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010393

Description

Male

Resembles E. dentipalpis. With more tubercles and teeth. Palp: lateral tibial apophysis characteristic, closer to dorsal apophysis, outer part straight, inner part pointed.

Body length male: 2.3 mm

Female

Resembles E. dentipalpis. Epigyne: circular depression on both sides, median plate a bit longer than wide.

Body length female: 2.3 mm

Character states from linyphiid key

Distribution

Presence

No data

Distribution comment: All records of E. arctica from Western, Central and Northern Europe (with exception of Svalbard and NE European Russia) are counted as this species (cf. Holm 1956, Tanasevitch 2013b)

Global distribution (WSC 2026): Western, Central and Northern Europe, Russia (Altai)

Figures

Pedipalp
(Tyschchenko 1971)

Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)

Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Marusik et al. 2006b)

Pedipalp, ventral view
(Marusik et al. 2006b)

Pedipalp in detail
(Marusik et al. 2006b)

Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Apical part of bulbus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Tip of pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Embolus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Embolic division, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Lateral apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)

Patellar and tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)

Palpal tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Palpal tibia
(Holm 1956)

Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Palpal tibia, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)

Tibial apophysis
(Roberts 1987)

Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

Epigyne, lifted
(Roberts 1987)

Epigyne
(Tyschchenko 1971)

Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)

Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Epigyne, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Vulva
(Locket et al. 1974)

Vulva
(Holm 1956)

Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)

Vulva, dorsal view
(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.

Belgium (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Denmark (Scharff & Gudik-Sørensen, 2006) ||| Estonia (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Faroe Islands (Lissner et al., 2016b) ||| Finland (Koponen et al., 2016; Tanasevitch, 2013b) ||| France (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Germany (Tanasevitch, 2013b; Blick et al., 2016) ||| Iceland (Tanasevitch, 2013b; Agnarsson, 1996) ||| Ireland (Lavery, 2019) ||| Latvia (Cera, 2018) ||| Netherlands (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Northern Ireland (Lavery, 2019) ||| Norway (Tanasevitch, 2013b; Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Poland (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Northern (Tanasevitch, 2013b) ||| Russia, Western (no references) ||| Sweden (Tanasevitch, 2013b) ||| United Kingdom (Lavery, 2019) |||

References

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

Agnarsson I (1996) Íslenskar köngulær Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar 31: 1-175

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

Cera I (2018) The checklist of Latvian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Environmental and Experimental Biology 16: 139-152

Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp.

Holm Å (1956) Notes on Arctic spiders of the genera Erigone Aud. and Hilaira Sim. Arkiv för Zoologi 9: 453-469

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

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

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468

Lissner J, Jensen J-K, Hansen L J, Simonsen W, Kelduni R, Nissen K (2016b) An updated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Faroe Islands. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 197-240

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

Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp.

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Marusik Y M, Böcher J, Koponen S (2006b) The collection of Greenland spiders (Aranei) kept in the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Arthropoda Selecta 15: 59-80

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

Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html

Scharff N, Gudik-Sørensen O (2006) Katalog over Danmarks edderkopper (Araneae). Catalogue of the spiders of Denmark (Araneae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 74: 3-71

Tanasevitch A V (2013b) The linyphiid spiders of the Altais, southern Siberia (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 22: 267-306

Tyschchenko V P (1971) Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, 281 pp.

Vilbaste A (1987) Eesti Ämblikud (Aranei). Annoteeritud nimestik. Estonian spiders (Aranei). An annotated check list. Valgus, Tallinn. 113 pp. & 512 maps on 67 unpag. pages

Wiehle H (1960a) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). XI. Micryphantidae-Zwergspinnen. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 47: 1-620

WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2

Updates

11-09-2025	Distribution update	Detail
13-02-2025	Image insert
01-12-2024	Image insert
13-11-2024	Image insert
09-09-2024	Image insert
01-03-2023	Distribution update	Detail
28-05-2020	Distribution insert	Detail
28-05-2020	Distribution update	Detail
26-02-2019	Distribution update	Detail
11-07-2016	Datasheet update	Detail