Palliduphantes ericaeus (Blackwall, 1853)
Description
Male palp with slightly serrated end of lamella. Epigyne with flat scapus, hardly protruding. Lateral parts of epigyne approximately as long as wide, rounded. Prosoma yellow-brown, with dark margin. Legs yellowish. Opisthosoma yellow-grey.
Body length male: 1.3-1.9 mmBody length female: 1.3-2.4 mm
Additional information
In open habitats like peat bogs, damp meadows, but also in dry grassland and heathland.
Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Lamella characteristica
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Paracymbium
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)
Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Rozwałka & Zawal 2012)
Epigynal plate, lateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Vulva
(Rozwałka & Zawal 2012)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)
Distribution List
References
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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
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Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)
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.
Rousar A (2014) Palliduphantes ericaeus (Blackwall, 1853) (Araneae:Linyphiidae) - nový druh pro Českou republiku. Pavouk 36: 9-11
Rozwałka R, Zawal A (2012) Palliduphantes ericaeus (Blackwall, 1853) (Araneae: Linyphiidae) a spider species new for Poland. Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, Acta Biologica 19: 83-87
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
Scharff N, Gudik-Sørensen O (2006) Katalog over Danmarks edderkopper (Araneae). Catalogue of the spiders of Denmark (Araneae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 74: 3-71
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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