Erigonoplus spinifemuralis Dimitrov, 2003
Description
Male
Differing from other species of Erigonoplus by tibial spine formula of 0:1:1:1, the stout ventral spines and their location on femur I, the shape of palpal tibia and the configuration of the palp particularly by the shape and proportions of radix and radical tailpiece as well as the form of distal part of embolic division. Prosoma length: 0.6 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.
Female
Differs from other species of Erigonoplus by the wide epigynum with narrow longitudinal partition reaching the center of the epigynum. Prosoma length: 0.6 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.
Additional information
Beneath stones in a dry field and on shrubs in a shady gorge (Chios, Greece).
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gnelitsa 2007a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Gnelitsa 2007a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Gnelitsa 2007a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gnelitsa 2007a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Gnelitsa 2007a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Gnelitsa 2007a)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Gnelitsa 2007a)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Gnelitsa 2007a)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
Femur I
(Gnelitsa 2007a)
Epigyne
(Gnelitsa 2007a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Lecigne 2013)
Vulva
(Gnelitsa 2007a)
Vulva
(Bosmans et al. 2013)
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
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Blick T (2018) A small collection of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the River Vjosa, Albania – with an updated spider checklist of Albania. Acta ZooBot Austria 155: 213-232
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Gnelitsa V A (2007a) A new species of Erigonoplus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Crimea, Ukraine. Journal of Arachnology 35: 208-211
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Komnenov M (2018) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the floodplains of the Vjosa river, south Albania. Acta ZooBot Austria 155: 197-212
Lecigne S (2013) Contribution à l’inventaire aranéologique de Corfou (Grèce) (Arachnida, Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28: 177-191
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Russell-Smith A, Allison R, Askins M, Blumsom W, Snazell R, Spilling C (2011) A provisional checklist and gazetteer of the spiders of Chios, Greece (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 15: 133-167
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2