Oreoneta frigida (Thorell, 1872)
Description
Male palp with 3 tegular apophyses. Tibial apophysis long. Epigyne arc-like posteriorly, epigynal plate wider than long. Prosoma orange-brown, male: slightly elevated posterior to eye region. Sternum orange-brown, mostly suffused with black. Chelicerae brown, robust. Legs orange-brown, robust. Opisthosoma dark grey-black.
Body length male: 3.25-4.25 mmBody length female: 3.4-4.7 mm
Additional information
in humid moss of higher mountain region, around 1000 m
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolus, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolic division, ventral view
(Lissner et al. 2018)
Bulbal apophysis
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Lissner et al. 2018)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Roberts 1987)
Prosoma
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Femur I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
References
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Agnarsson I (1996) Íslenskar köngulær Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar 31: 1-175
Cawley M (2001) Distribution records for uncommon spiders (Araneae) including five species new to Ireland. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 25: 135-143
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Lissner J, Høye T T, Mosbech A, Johansen K L (2018) First record of Oreoneta eskimopoint Saaristo & Marusik, 2004 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Greenland. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 65: 1-6
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.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
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
Saaristo M I, Marusik Y M (2004a) Revision of the Holarctic spider genus Oreoneta Kulczyński, 1894 (Arachnida: Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 12: 207-249
Toft S (1979) Spiders from Jan Mayen. Fauna Norvegica B 26: 24-25
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2