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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Walckenaeria  Blackwall, 1833   62 species

Walckenaeria lepida (Kulczyński, 1885)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013325

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Description
Male

Prosoma with horn in ocular area. Prosoma length: 0.95-1.0 mm. Legs: TmI: 0.55.

Body length male: 2.0-2.5 mm
Female

Body colouration bright orange. Prosoma length: 1.0 mm. Legs: femora orange, remaining segments brown, TmI: 0.50. Sternum orange, with dusky margins. Opisthosoma black.

Body length female: 2.6 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Finland, Russia (Europe to Far East), Alaska, Canada, USA
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pajunen et al. 2009)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Pajunen et al. 2009)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

species

male Tip of embolus
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1972a)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1972a)

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male Eyes, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Pajunen et al. 2009)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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female Vulva
(Pajunen et al. 2009)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

Distribution List
Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (Marusik et al., 2016a) |||
References

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp. 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

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

Pajunen T, Koponen S, Saaristo M I, Väisänen R A (2009) Walckenaeria furcillata (Menge, 1869) and Walckenaeria lepida (Kulczynski, 1885) in Finland (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 85: 79-85 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

Wunderlich J (1972a) Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Walckenaeria Blackwall 1833 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der europäischen Subgenera und Arten (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.) 18: 371-427 pdf

Updates
23-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
11-05-2016 Distribution update Detail
08-04-2016 Image insert
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