Hilaira herniosa (Thorell, 1875)
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 mmBody length female: 2.5-3.5 mm
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Vogelsanger 1948)
Pedipalp
(Millidge 1977)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Embolic division, retrolateral view
(Tanasevitch & Marusik 2026)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Metatarsus and tarsus I, lateral view
(Morka unpubl.)
Metatarsus and tarsus I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Vogelsanger 1948)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
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
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp.
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
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
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
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
Morka G H (unpubl.)
Tanasevitch A V, Marusik Y M (2026) Reassessment of the spider genus Hilaira Simon, 1884. I. Revalidation of the genus Arctilaira Chamberlin, 1921 (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Invertebrate Zoology 23: 114-135
Vogelsanger T (1948) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Spinennfauna des Kantons Graubünden. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Schaffhausen 22: 33-72
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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| 02-06-2025 | Image insert | |
| 02-06-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 12-10-2022 | Image insert | |
| 08-10-2022 | Image insert |