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Linyphiidae  Blackwall, 1859 / Semljicola  Strand, 1906   10 species

Semljicola caliginosus  (Falconer, 1910)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:012608

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Description

Embolus consisting of a short, rounded tooth. Prosoma yellowish-brown, eye region and dorsal groove darkened. Sternum yellowish-brown, tinged with black. Legs yellowish-brown. Opisthosoma grey.

Body length male: 2 mm
Body length female: 2 mm
Additional information

In humid moss and grass in the mountains. In moist leaf-litter and detritus in Salix-shrubs close to open water (Southern Norway). May be found at quite low altitudes (115. m.a.s.l.).

 

Frequency: Very rarely found

Character states from linyphiid key
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Britain, Norway, Russia (Europe)
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp
(Saaristo & Eskov 1996)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Pedipalp
(Saaristo & Eskov 1996)

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1987)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Pedipalp
(Aakra et al. 2016)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Løvbrekke unpubl.)

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male Palpal tibia
(Roberts 1987)

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male Palpal tibia
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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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
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1987)

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female Epigyne
(Aakra et al. 2016)

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female Vulva
(Holm 1963)

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female Vulva
(Roberts 1987)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Aakra et al. 2016)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(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.

Norway   (Aakra et al., 2016) ||| Russia, Northern   (Nekhaeva, 2020) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

Aakra K, Morka G H, Antonson A, Farlund M, Wrånes R E, Frølandshagen R, Løvbrekke H, Furuseth P, Fjellberg A, Lemke M, Pfliegler W P, Andersen S, Olsen K M, Aadland B, Berggren K (2016) Spiders new to Norway (Arachnida, Araneae) with ecological, taxonomical and faunistic comments. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 6-43 pdf

Fjellberg A (unpubl.)

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

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F (1953) British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. pdf

Løvbrekke H (unpubl.)

Nekhaeva A A (2020) On the spider fauna (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Kanin Peninsula and Kolguev Island, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 29: 387-398 pdf

Roberts M J (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2: Linyphiidae and checklist. Harley Books Colchester, England, 204 pp. 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 (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
24-07-2024 Image insert
02-10-2020 Distribution update Detail
06-01-2020 Image insert
22-03-2016 Image insert
04-10-2013 Image insert