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 mmBody length female: 3.5-6 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Bosselaers unpubl.)
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(van Helsdingen 1963)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Vidal et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Vidal et al. 2016)
Embolic division, dorsal view
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Radical complex, lateral view
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Lamella characteristica
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Lamella characteristica, dorsal view
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Tip of paracymbium
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Tip of paracymbium
(van Helsdingen 1963)
Terminal apophysis
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Tegulum, mesal view
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(van Helsdingen 1963)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(van Helsdingen 1963)
Habitus, lateral view
(van Helsdingen 1963)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne, ventral view
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Epigyne
(Vidal et al. 2016)
Epigyne
(Vidal et al. 2016)
Vulva, ventral view
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Vulva, dorsal view
(van Helsdingen 1969)
Habitus
(Jäger 1995a)
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
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 
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Bosselaers J (unpubl.)
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
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
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
Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp.
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
Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2