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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Erigone  Audouin, 1826   30 species

Erigone dentigera  O. P.-Cambridge, 1874

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010423

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Description

Tibial apophysis with a short, stout tooth. Epigyne with laterally protruding parts of epigynal plate, semicircularly sclerotised. Prosoma chestnut-brown, radial stripes and margin darker. Legs yellow-brown to red-brown. Opisthosoma grey-black.

Body length male: 1.8-2.8 mm
Body length female: 1.9-2.8 mm
Additional information

prefers humid conditions, in meadows, bogs and on water borders. Strikingly dispersive in Central European

Frequency: rarely found

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2019): North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East)
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)

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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Patellar and tibial apophysis
(Koh unpubl.)

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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
(Roberts 1987)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Thaler 1986a)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket et al. 1974)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne, lifted
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Epigyne/vulva, dorsal view
(Thaler 1986a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva
(Locket et al. 1974)

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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

References

Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org

Koh J K H (unpubl.)

Komnenov M (2017) New data on spider fauna (Araneae) of Shar Mountain, north-western Macedonia. Proceedings of the 5th Congress of the Ecologists of Macedonia, with international participation (Ohrid, 19th-22nd October 2016). Special issues of the Macedonian Ecological Society 13: 44-61 pdf

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 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British Spiders 2. Ray Soc London

Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders 3. Ray Soc London

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Otto S (2017) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 08.2017. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Pantini P, Isaia M (2018) Checklist of the Italian spiders (version June 2018). online at http://www.museoscienzebergamo.it/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=94 pdf

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

Thaler K (1986a) Über wenig bekannte Zwergspinnen aus den Alpen, VII. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 59: 487-498 pdf

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

World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.01.2019) doi: 10.24436/2

Updates
05-02-2019 Distribution update Old value
24-06-2014 Image insert