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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Hilaira  Simon, 1884   10 species

Hilaira herniosa  (Thorell, 1875)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010813

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Description

Male palp with very long, pointed tegular apophysis. Epigyne elongated, reaching beyond epigastric furrow. Prosoma brown, rarely brighter yellowish. Sternum brown, with black tinge. Chelicerae brown, robust. Legs yellow-brown, robust. Opisthosoma brownish dark grey to almost black, rarely with brighter stripes or spots.

Body length male: 2.5-3.3 mm
Body length female: 2.5-3.5 mm
Additional information

in humid moss, in higher mountain areas

Frequency: Rarely found

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2022): North America, Switzerland, Turkey, Scandinavia, Russia (Europe to Far East), Mongolia, Japan
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
mainly late summer
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

species

male Pedipalp
(Vogelsanger 1948)

species

male Pedipalp
(Millidge 1977)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

species

female Epigyne
(Vogelsanger 1948)

species

female Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Distribution List
Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Liechtenstein   (no references) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Russia, Eastern   (no references) ||| Russia, Northern   (no references) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (no references) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2021a) |||
References

Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2021a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2021 [last updated 1 January 2021], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

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

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm pdf

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001] pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Millidge A F (1977) The conformation of the male palpal organs of linyphiid spiders, and its application to the taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of the family (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 1-60 pdf

Vogelsanger T (1948) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Spinennfauna des Kantons Graubünden. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Schaffhausen 22: 33-72 pdf

WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.07.2022) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf