Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Erigone  Audouin, 1826   28 species

Erigone longipalpis (Sundevall, 1830)

Description

Tibial apophysis with 2 crossing denticles on median process. Epigyne with deeply U-like indented posterior margin. Prosoma chestnut-brown, radial stripes and marginal region darker. Legs yellow-brown to red-brown. Opisthosoma grey-black.

Body length male: 2-3.5 mm
Body length female: 2.4-4 mm
Additional information

Preferring humid conditions, in salty locations, mainly in coastal area

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Omitted from the Bulgarian checklist (Deltshev pers. comm.)
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), China, Japan
Phenology
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Distribution List
Belarus   (Ivanov, 2013) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Denmark   (Scharff & Gudik-Sørensen, 2006) ||| Estonia   (Vilbaste, 1987) ||| Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Georgia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Iceland   (Agnarsson, 1996) ||| Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Latvia   (Cera, 2018) ||| Lithuania   (Biteniekytė & Rėlys, 2012) ||| Malta   (Pfliegler et al., 2017; Dandria et al., 2005) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Northern Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Russia, Central   (no references) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (Nekhaeva, 2020; Koponen et al., 1998) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
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