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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Semljicola  Strand, 1906   10 species

Semljicola alticola (Holm, 1950)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012603

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Description

Embolus broad and robust. Epigyne with median plate wider than long. Prosoma dark brown, with black pattern. Sternum black-brown. Chelicerae brown. Legs grey-yellow, pale. Opisthosoma dark grey-brown.

Body length male: 1.6 mm
Body length female: 1.8 mm
Additional information

In moss of a damp meadow

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Scandinavia, Russia (Europe to Far North East)
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Saaristo & Eskov 1996)

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male Pedipalp
(Saaristo & Eskov 1996)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Tip of pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Tibial apophysis
(Holm 1963)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Holm 1963)

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female Epigyne
(Holm 1963)

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female Epigyne
(Saaristo & Eskov 1996)

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female Epigyne
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva
(Holm 1963)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Distribution List
Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Norway   (Farlund, 2019) ||| Russia, Northern   (Koponen et al., 1998) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) |||
References

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/ pdf

Holm Å (1963) Spiders of the genus Eboria Falc. (Araneae: Erigonidae). Entomologisk Tidskrift 84: 266-281 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

Koponen S, Marusik Y M, Tanasevitch A V (1998) New data on the spider fauna of the Polar Urals (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 6: 109-119 pdf

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001] pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Marusik Y M, Koponen S, Makarova O L (2016a) A survey of spiders (Araneae) collected on the arctic island of Dolgiy (69°12′N), Barents Sea. Arachnology 17: 10-24 pdf

Saaristo M I, Eskov K Y (1996) Taxonomy and zoogeography of the hypoarctic erigonine spider genus Semljicola (Araneida, Linyphiidae). Acta Zoologica Fenninca 201: 47-69 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

Updates
01-08-2025 Distribution update Detail
24-07-2024 Image insert
15-12-2017 Image insert
11-05-2016 Distribution update Detail
26-02-2014 Distribution update Detail