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Argyronetidae  Thorell, 1869 / Arctella  Holm, 1945   1 species

Arctella lapponica Holm, 1945

Description

Prosoma red-brown to brown, with dark radial stripes and margin. Sternum brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Legs light brown. Opisthosoma black-grey, velvety-haired, dark V-shaped spot ranging to the middle of opisthosoma.

Body length male: 3,5 mm
Body length female: 3,5 mm
Additional information

in ground litter and dense plant layer

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Scandinavia, Russia (Europe to Far East), Mongolia, Alaska, Canada
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Distribution List
Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Norway   (Løvbrekke, unpubl.; Farlund, 2019) ||| Russia, Northern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) |||
References

Almquist S (2007) Swedish Araneae, part 2 – families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 63(2006): 285-601 pdf

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp. pdf

Farlund M (2019) Norwegian Spiders - Norske edderkopper. Siste oppdatering for funn av nye arter 10. oktober, 2019. Online at http://crocea.wordpress.com/norsk-artsliste/ pdf

Holm Å (1945) Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Torneträskgebietes. Arkiv för Zoologi 36(A15): 1-80 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.)

Marusik Y M, Omelko M M, Ponomarev A V (2017a) A survey of the Holarctic genus Arctella Holm, 1945 (Araneae: Dictynidae, Tricholathysinae), with the description of Tricholathys ovtchinnikovi sp. n. Oriental Insects 51: 246-261 pdf

Palmgren P (1977) Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens VIII. Argyronetidae, Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Dictynidae, Amaurobiidae, Titanoecidae, Segestriidae, Pholcidae und Sicariidae. Fauna Fennica 30: 1-50 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
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