Collinsia inerrans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885)
Description
Prosoma brown, with dark radial stripes and darkened eye region. Sternum brown, darkened black. Legs light brown, or yellowish, blackish darkened. Opisthosoma black.
Body length male: 2-2.5 mmBody length female: 2-2.5 mm
Additional information
In open habitats on the ground, in expansion.
Since a few decades, this species shows some spreading tendencies within Europe. Nevertheless, it shall not be listed as alien or invasive because it is native for Europe.
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Vogelsanger 1948)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Irfan et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Irfan et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Irfan et al. 2025a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Irfan et al. 2025a)
Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibial apophysis
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, apical view
(Schenkel 1929)
Epigyne
(Schenkel 1929)
Epigyne
(Irfan et al. 2025a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Irfan et al. 2025a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Irfan et al. 2025a)
Tibia IV
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Tibia III
(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
Aakra K, Hauge E (2003) Checklist of Norwegian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 50: 109-129 
Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Cardoso P, Morano E (2010) The Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 2495: 1-52
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp.
Fjellberg A (unpubl.) .
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp.
Irfan M, Zhou G C, Peng X J, Zhang Z S (2025a) Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some oriental regions of China. Megataxa 15: 1-248
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Kreuels M, Staudt A, Christian S (2019) Die Spinnenfauna von Luxemburg – eine Zusammenstellung der Nachweise aus den Jahren 1906-2018 (Arachnida: Araneae). Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois 121: 203-230
Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001]
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp.
Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Řezáč M, Růžička V, Hula V, Dolanský J, Machač O, Roušar A (2021) Spiders newly observed in Czechia in recent years – overlooked or invasive species? BioInvasions Records 10: 555-566
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
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Schenkel E (1929) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der schweizerischen Spinnenfauna. IV. Teil. Spinnen von Bedretto. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36: 1-24
Szita É, Kovács P, Szinetár C (2021) Arachnofaunistical studies in Csákányospuszta and surroundings (Tatabánya, Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary). Natura Somogyiensis 36: 57-66
Thaler K (1999b) Beiträge zur Spinnenfauna von Nordtirol - 6. Linyphiidae 2: Erigoninae (sensu Wiehle) (Arachnida: Araneida). Veröffentlichungen des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum 79: 215-264
Vogelsanger T (1948) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Spinennfauna des Kantons Graubünden. Mitteilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Schaffhausen 22: 33-72
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
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