Erigone dentosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
Description
Male
Prosoma reddish orange, with greyish striae. Sternum dark reddish brown. Legs orange-yellow. Opisthosoma grey.
Body length male: 2.0 mmFemale
Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 2.2 mmAdditional information
This species of North and Central American origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Unruh 2020)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Arco et al. 2019)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Crosby & Bishop 1928)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Kielhorn 2022)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Berry 2022)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Déjean & Verhoogt 2022)
Pedipalp with tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Déjean & Verhoogt 2022)
Pedipalp with tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Déjean & Verhoogt 2022)
Pedipalp with tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Hänggi et al. 2022)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Coşar et al. 2024b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Coşar et al. 2024b)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, prolateral view
(Coşar et al. 2024b)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Coşar et al. 2024b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Coşar et al. 2024b)
Pedipalp, ventro-prolateral view
(Coşar et al. 2024b)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Martín & Adame 2024)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur
(Lauterbach 2025)
Tip of pedipalp, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Embolic division, anterior view
(Crosby & Bishop 1928)
Embolic division, mesal view
(Crosby & Bishop 1928)
Palpal patella, retrolateral view
(Unruh 2020)
Palpal tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal patella, retrolateral view
(Lauterbach 2025)
Palpal patella, retrolateral view
(Lauterbach 2025)
Palpal tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Lauterbach 2025)
Palpal tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Lauterbach 2025)
Palpal tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Lauterbach 2025)
Palpal tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Lauterbach 2025)
Palpal tibia and patella, retrolateral view
(Lauterbach 2025)
Palpal femur, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Kekenbosch & Baert 2013)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, prolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Déjean & Verhoogt 2022)
Chelicera, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Habitus, frontal view
(Coşar et al. 2024b)
Epigyne
(Crosby & Bishop 1928)
Epigyne
(Berry 2022)
Epigyne
(Déjean & Verhoogt 2022)
Epigyne, frontal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Berry 2022)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Déjean & Verhoogt 2022)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Hänggi et al. 2022)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Unruh 2020)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
References
Arco L del, Barrientos J A, Pereira L F, Benhadi-Marín J (2019) Sobre el hallazgo de Erigone dentosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) en la península ibérica. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 34: 139-140 
Berry T (2022) Erigone dentosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 – first records for the United Kingdom from Cornwall, Middlesex and Wiltshire. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 155(S.R.S. News 104): 1-2
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Coşar İ, Danışman T, Birer E (2024b) Discovery of the alien spider Erigone dentosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in Türkiye. Serket 20: 106-110
Crosby CR, Bishop SC (1928) Revision of the spider genera Erigone, Eperigone and Catabrithorax (Erigoneae). New York State Museum Bulletin 278: 1-73
Déjean S, Verhoogt K (2022) Découverte en Occitanie d'Erigone dentosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (Araneae, Linyphiidae), espèce américaine arrivée en France. Revue Arachnologique (2) 9: 8-12
Hänggi A, Pétremand G, Brenneisen S (2022) Spiders (Araneae) from green roofs in north-west Switzerland – faunistic data with two species new to Switzerland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 64: 73-82
Kekenbosch R, Baert L (2013) Découverte d'Erigone dentosa (O.P.-Cambridge, 1894) (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Erigoninae) en Belgique. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28: 32-34
Kielhorn K-H (2022) Erstfund der Zwergspinne Erigone dentosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Arachnida, Araneae). Natur und Heimat 82: 42-44
Kielhorn K-H (unpubl.) .
Lauterbach S (2025) Outdoor records of Erigone dentosa on Texel and further records of Steatoda nobilis (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Theridiidae) in the Netherlands. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 70: 54-57
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
Lissner J, Scharff N (2019) Danish Spiders. Formerly online at http://www.danmarks-edderkopper.dk
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Martín D F, Adame F R (2024) Nuevas adiciones a la fauna aracnológica de Andalucía. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 45: 150-166
Naumova M, Genchev V (2022) Review of the spiders, pseudoscorpions and scorpions in the region of Plovdiv, S Bulgaria (Arachnida: Araneae, Pseudoscorpiones & Scorpiones). In: Mollov, I., Georgiev, D. & Todorov, O. (eds.) Faunistic diversity of the city of Plovdiv (Bulgaria), volume 2 - vertebrates & invertebrates. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Plovdiv, Supplement 2, pp. 83-110.
Noordijk J, Boer P (2021) Eerste vondst van de exotische hangmatspin Erigone dentosa (Araneae: Linyphiidae) [First record of the exotic dwarf spider Erigone dentosa in the Netherlands (Araneae: Linyphiidae)]. Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 57: 107-109
Oger P (2025) Les araignées de Belgique et de France. – Online at http://arachno.piwigo.com
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022b) Pavouci České republiky. Spiders of the Czech Republic. Pavouk 53: 2-3
Unruh M (2020) Die Zwergspinne Erigone dentosa (Araneae: Linyphiidae) neu für Deutschland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 60: 63-67
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
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