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 2026): Spain, France
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
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 (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) 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