Walckenaeria vigilax (Blackwall, 1853)
Description
Tibial apophysis rounded and simple. Paracymbium small. Epigyne with receptacula seminis visible through epigyne, separated by 1.5 diameter. Epigynal area almost twice as long as wide. Prosoma dark brown, with distinct radial stripes. Legs orange. Opisthosoma grey.
Body length male: 2-2.2 mmBody length female: 2.25-2.7 mm
Additional information
Prefers humid conditions, also on arable fields
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1960a)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Aadland unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Wiehle 1960a)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1960a)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Aadland unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1960a)
Vulva
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Leg I
(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
Aadland B (unpubl.) .
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Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Pérez Sánchez D, Méndez Iglesias M (2013) Arañas epígeas (Araneae) de los hayedos del Parque Natural de la Montaña de Covadonga (Norte de España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 23: 83-89
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp.
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
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Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
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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
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