Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Erigonoplus  Simon, 1884   18 species

Erigonoplus depressifrons  (Simon, 1884)

Description
Male

Prosoma reddish brown, thoracic part yellowish orange, cephalic tubercle suffused with grey, margin grey. Prosoma length: 0.68-0.72 mm, prosoma width: 0.53-0.57 mm. Legs yellowish to orange-brown. Opisthosoma dark grey to black.

Body length male: 1.2-1.7 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 0.62-0.72 mm, prosoma width: 0.44-0.54 mm. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 1.6-1.9 mm
Additional information

in open habitats.

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain, France
Phenology
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Figures
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.

France   (Bosmans & Déjean, 2022) ||| Portugal  Removed (Branco et al., 2019; Bosmans & Déjean, 2022) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019; Bosmans & Déjean, 2022) |||
References

Bosmans R, Déjean S (2022) Description of a new Erigonoplus species from the Iberian Peninsula (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Bulletin de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie 158: 89-95 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

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 pdf

Simon E (1884a) Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 180-885, pl. 26-27 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
28-06-2022 Image insert
28-06-2022 Distribution update Detail
05-11-2013 Datasheet update Detail
05-11-2013 Image insert