Erigonoplus castellanus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
Description
Male
Tibia I-II with 2 spines, III-IV with 1 spine; TmI at 0.4-0.45. Prosoma yellow-brown, thoracic part suffused with blackish-brown, with a very large lobe. Legs dull orange. Opisthosoma black, coriaceous, bearing moderatly long stout curved bristles.
Body length male: 1.8 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 0.73 mm, prosoma width: 0.57 mm.
Body length female: 1.8-1.9 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Millidge 1975b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Millidge 1975b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2010)
Embolic division, antero-ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2010)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Millidge 1975b)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2010)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Millidge 1975b)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2010)
Femur I
(Millidge 1975b)
Femur I, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2010)
Epigyne
(Millidge 1975b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2010)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2010)
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.
References
Bosmans R, Cardoso P, Crespo L C (2010) A review of the linyphiid spiders of Portugal, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 2473: 1-67 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Millidge A F (1975b) A taxonomic revision of the genus Erigonoplus Simon 1884 (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 3: 95-100
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 05-11-2013 | Datasheet update | Detail |
| 05-11-2013 | Image insert |