Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Neriene  Blackwall, 1833   7 species

Neriene hammeni (van Helsdingen, 1963)

Description

Paracymbium distally triangularly widened. Epigynal groove much wider than long. Prosoma brown. Sternum dark brown to black. Legs yellowish-brown. Femur sometimes with darker stripes. Opisthosoma ventrally uniformly brown-black, never with white spots.

Body length male: 3.5-6 mm
Body length female: 3.5-6 mm
Additional information

In high vegetation

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, China?
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| France   (Vidal et al., 2016) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) |||
References

Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 pdf

Bosselaers J (unpubl.)

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin pdf

Helsdingen P J van (1963) Linyphia hammeni, a new species, and its relation to Linyphia albolimbata Karsch (Araneida, Linyphiidae). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (2, Zool.) 66(C): 153-156 pdf

Helsdingen P J van (1969) A reclassification of the species of Linyphia Latreille based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae), I. Zoologische Verhandelingen 105: 1-303 pdf

Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp. pdf

Jäger P (1995a) Faunistische Untersuchungen an Spinnen (Araneae) der Wahner Heide (Nordrhein-Westfalen) mit Anmerkungen zur Biologie und Taxonomie. Diplomarbeit, Zoologisches Institut, Universität zu Köln pdf

Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. pdf

Vidal E, Jacquet C, Derepas B, Oger P (2016) Découverte en France de Neriene hammeni (van Helsdingen, 1963) (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique (2) 3: 6-8 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
03-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
01-02-2017 Image insert
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