Semljicola faustus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)
Description
Male
Tibial apophysis slantingly truncated.
Prosoma yellow-brown to dark brown, median spot, radial stripes and margin darker. Legs brown. Opisthosoma black-grey.
Female
Epigyne with median part mostly covered by lateral plates.
Body length female: 1.7 mmAdditional information
In moss and litter layer of forests in higher altitudes
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Holm 1943)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1963b)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Holm 1943)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1963b)
Pedipalp
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Part of embolus
(Holm 1943)
Tegular apophysis
(Holm 1943)
Tegular apophysis and embolic division
(Wiehle 1963b)
Palpal tibia
(Roberts 1987)
Palpal tibia
(Holm 1943)
Palpal tibia
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Palpal tibia
(Wiehle 1963b)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Holm 1943)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Wiehle 1963b)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Holm 1943)
Region between epigastric furrow and coxa IV
(Wiehle 1963b)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Holm 1943)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1963b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1963b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral 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.
References
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Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp.
Fjellberg A (unpubl.) .
Holm Å (1943) Zur Kenntnis der Taxonomie, Ökologie und Verbreitung der schwedischen Arten der Spinnengattungen Rhaebothorax Sim., Typhochrestus Sim. und Latithorax n. gen. Arkiv för Zoologi 34(A19): 1-32
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Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Morka G 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
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
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
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 (1963b) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Spinnenfauna III. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 90: 227-298
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2