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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Abiskoa  Saaristo & Tanasevitch, 2000   1 species

Abiskoa abiskoensis (Holm, 1945)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009311

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Description

Cymbium with 4-5 small basal tubercles. Epigyne with scapus, completely separated. Prosoma yellow-brown, with slender, grey margin. Legs yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey with pale lateral stripes and dorsal transverse stripes.

Body length male: 2.2-3 mm
Body length female: 2.2-3 mm
Additional information

In various types of vegetation, prefers lower vegetation layers

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Scandinavia, Poland, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
Figures
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male Pedipalp
(Holm 1945)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Holm 1945)

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male Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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male Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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female Epigyne
(Holm 1945)

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female Epigyne
(Holm 1945)

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female Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Morka unpubl.)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Morka unpubl.)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Femur I, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Tibia I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Metatarsus I
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Palmgren 1975)

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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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Prosoma, lateral view
(Morka unpubl.)

Distribution List
Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (no references) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) |||
References

Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 pdf

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

Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin 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.)

Morka G H (unpubl.)

Palmgren P (1975) Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens VI. Linyphiidae 1 (Die Linyphiinae und Linyphiinae-ähnlichen Micryphantinae). Fauna Fennica 28: 1-102 pdf

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 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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