Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Estrandia  Blauvelt, 1936   1 species

Estrandia grandaeva  (Keyserling, 1886)

Description
Male

Prosoma light chestnut-brown, elongated, egg-shaped, fovea V-shaped. Reticulation medially very fine and dense, laterally more roughly and obliquely. Chelicerae with 3 pro- and 2 retrolateral teeth. Sternum finely reticulated. Legs muddy yellow. Prosoma length: 1.4 mm, prosoma width: 1.1 mm.

Body length male: 2.5 mm
Female

As in male. Pars cephalica less elevated, prosoma and legs lighter. Epigyne: Almost semicircular, dark median field separates two large, anteriad widely opened, posteriorly hooded grooves. Prosoma length: 1.3 mm, prosoma width: 0.9 mm.

Body length female: 2.4-2.8 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): North America, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Japan
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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.

Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Norway   (Aakra et al., 2016) ||| Russia, Eastern   (no references) ||| Russia, Northern   (no references) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) |||
References

Aakra K, Morka G H, Antonson A, Farlund M, Wrånes R E, Frølandshagen R, Løvbrekke H, Furuseth P, Fjellberg A, Lemke M, Pfliegler W P, Andersen S, Olsen K M, Aadland B, Berggren K (2016) Spiders new to Norway (Arachnida, Araneae) with ecological, taxonomical and faunistic comments. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 6-43 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

Fjellberg A (unpubl.)

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 (1984b) The taxonomy of the Linyphiidae, based chiefly on the epigynal and tracheal characters (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 6: 229-267 pdf

Morka G H (unpubl.)

Paquin P, Dupérré N (2003) Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Supplément 11: 1-251 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
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13-06-2016 Datasheet update Detail
26-02-2014 Distribution update Detail