Arctella lapponica Holm, 1945
Description
Prosoma red-brown to brown, with dark radial stripes and margin. Sternum brown. Chelicerae dark brown. Legs light brown. Opisthosoma black-grey, velvety-haired, dark V-shaped spot ranging to the middle of opisthosoma.
Body length male: 3,5 mmBody length female: 3,5 mm
Additional information
in ground litter and dense plant layer
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, prolateral view
(Holm 1945)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Holm 1945)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, prolateral view
(Marusik et al. 2017a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Marusik et al. 2017a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Marusik et al. 2017a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Almquist 2007)
Epigyne
(Holm 1945)
Epigyne
(Marusik et al. 2017a)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Almquist 2007)
Vulva
(Holm 1945)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Marusik et al. 2017a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Marusik et al. 2017a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Metatarsus I, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Almquist 2007)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Marusik et al. 2017a)
Prosoma
(Palmgren 1977)
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
Almquist S (2007) Swedish Araneae, part 2 – families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 63(2006): 285-601 
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp.
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/
Holm Å (1945) Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Torneträskgebietes. Arkiv för Zoologi 36(A15): 1-80
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
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Marusik Y M, Omelko M M, Ponomarev A V (2017a) A survey of the Holarctic genus Arctella Holm, 1945 (Araneae: Dictynidae, Tricholathysinae), with the description of Tricholathys ovtchinnikovi sp. n. Oriental Insects 51: 246-261
Palmgren P (1977) Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens VIII. Argyronetidae, Agelenidae, Hahniidae, Dictynidae, Amaurobiidae, Titanoecidae, Segestriidae, Pholcidae und Sicariidae. Fauna Fennica 30: 1-50
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2