Erigone (spider)

Erigone; Temporal range: Neogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Male Erigone atra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Subfamily:	Erigoninae
Genus:	Erigone; Audouin, 1826
Type species
	E. longipalpis; (Sundevall, 1830)
Species
	103, see text

Erigone is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1826.^[2] They are carnivorous, preying on small insects such as Psylla and flies.^{[citation needed]} One of the distinctive characters for this genus is the presence of teeth bordering the carapace.^[3]

Species

Many species originally placed here have been transferred to other genera. As of May 2021^[update] it contains 103 species and nine subspecies:^[1]

E. acuta Tanasevitch, 2021 – Nepal
E. albescens Banks, 1898 – USA
E. aletris Crosby & Bishop, 1928 – USA, Canada. Introduced to Britain, Italy
E. allani Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 – USA (Alaska)
E. alsaida Crosby & Bishop, 1928 – USA
E. angela Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 – USA
E. antarctica Simon, 1884 – Chile
E. antegona Chickering, 1970 – Panama
E. apophysalis Tanasevitch, 2017 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
E. aptuna Chickering, 1970 – Panama
E. arctica (White, 1852) – North America, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to East Siberia)
- Erigone a. maritima Kulczyński, 1902 – Western, Central and Northern Europe, Russia (Altai)
- Erigone a. palaearctica Braendegaard, 1934 – Svalbard, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
- Erigone a. sibirica Kulczyński, 1908 – Russia (Siberia)
- Erigone a. soerenseni Holm, 1956 – Greenland
E. arcticola Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 – Russia (Europe to Far North-East), USA (Alaska)
E. arctophylacis Crosby & Bishop, 1928 – USA, Canada
E. aspura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 – USA (Alaska)
E. atra Blackwall, 1833 – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan
E. autumnalis Emerton, 1882 – North and Central America. Introduced to Azores, Europe, United Arab Emirates, New Caledonia
E. barrowsi Crosby & Bishop, 1928 – USA, Mexico
E. benes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 – USA
E. bereta Chickering, 1970 – Panama
E. bifurca Locket, 1982 – India, Malaysia (mainland), Philippines, Indonesia (Krakatau)
E. blaesa Crosby & Bishop, 1928 – USA, Canada
E. brevipes Tu & Li, 2004 – Vietnam
E. canthognatha Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA
E. clavipalpis Millidge, 1991 – Peru
E. coloradensis Keyserling, 1886 – USA, Canada
E. convalescens Jocqué, 1985 – Comoros
E. cristatopalpus Simon, 1884 – North America, Europe, Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia
E. crosbyi Schenkel, 1950 – USA
E. dentichelis Miller, 1970 – Angola
E. denticulata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 – USA
E. dentigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East)
E. dentipalpis (Wider, 1834) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China
- Erigone d. syriaca O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 – Syria
E. dentosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 – USA to Guatemala. Introduced to Belgium
E. digena Chickering, 1970 – Panama, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
E. dipona Chickering, 1970 – Panama
E. dumitrescuae Georgescu, 1969 – Romania
E. edentata Saito & Ono, 2001 – Korea, Japan
E. eisenschmidti Wunderlich, 1976 – Australia (Queensland)
E. ephala Crosby & Bishop, 1928 – USA, Canada
E. fellita Keyserling, 1886 – Peru
E. fluctuans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875 – France
E. fluminea Millidge, 1991 – Venezuela
E. grandidens Tu & Li, 2004 – China, Vietnam
E. himeshimensis Strand, 1918 – Japan
E. hydrophytae Ivie & Barrows, 1935 – USA
E. hypenema Crosby & Bishop, 1928 – USA
E. hypoarctica Eskov, 1989 – Russia (Europe to Far East)
E. infernalis Keyserling, 1886 – USA
E. irrita Jocqué, 1984 – South Africa
E. jaegeri Baehr, 1984 – Central Europe, China
E. jammu Tanasevitch, 2018 – India
E. jugorum Simon, 1884 – France
E. koratensis Strand, 1918 – Japan
E. koshiensis Oi, 1960 – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
E. lata Song & Li, 2008 – China
E. longipalpis (Sundevall, 1830) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), China, Japan
- Erigone l. meridionalis Simon, 1884 – Britain, France
- Erigone l. pirini Deltshev, 1983 – Bulgaria
E. malvari Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
E. matanuskae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 – USA (Alaska)
E. miniata Baert, 1990 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
E. monterreyensis Gertsch & Davis, 1937 – Mexico
E. neocaledonica Kritscher, 1966 – New Caledonia
E. nepalensis Wunderlich, 1983 – Nepal
E. nigrimana Thorell, 1875 – Italy
E. nitidithorax Miller, 1970 – Angola
E. ostiaria Crosby & Bishop, 1928 – USA
E. palustris Millidge, 1991 – Peru
E. paradisicola Crosby & Bishop, 1928 – USA
E. pauperula (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan
E. personata Gertsch & Davis, 1936 – USA
E. poeyi Simon, 1898 – St. Vincent
E. praecursa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 – USA
E. prominens Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – Asia. Introduced to Africa, Australia, New Zealand
E. promiscua (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Europe
E. pseudovagans Caporiacco, 1935 – Karakorum
E. psychrophila Thorell, 1871 – North America, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to East Siberia)
E. reducta Schenkel, 1950 – USA
E. remota L. Koch, 1869 – Europe, Russia (Europe to north-east Siberia), Kyrgyzstan
- Erigone r. dentigera Simon, 1926 – Switzerland
E. rohtangensis Tikader, 1981 – India
E. rutila Millidge, 1995 – Thailand
E. sagibia Strand, 1918 – Japan
E. sagicola Dönitz & Strand, 1906 – Japan
E. sinensis Schenkel, 1936 – Russia (West Siberia to Far East), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, China
E. sirimonensis Bosmans, 1977 – Kenya
E. spadix Thorell, 1875 – Italy
E. stygia Gertsch, 1973 – Hawaii
E. sumatrana Tanasevitch, 2017 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
E. svenssoni Holm, 1975 – Scandinavia, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
E. tamazunchalensis Gertsch & Davis, 1937 – Mexico
E. tanana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 – USA (Alaska)
E. tenuimana Simon, 1884 – Europe (Alps)
E. tepena Chickering, 1970 – Jamaica
E. tirolensis L. Koch, 1872 – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far North East)
E. tolucana Gertsch & Davis, 1937 – Mexico
E. tristis (Banks, 1892) – USA
E. uintana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA
E. uliginosa Millidge, 1991 – Peru
E. watertoni Simon, 1898 – St. Vincent
E. welchi Jackson, 1911 – Ireland, Britain, France, Scandinavia, Estonia, Latvia
E. whitneyana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA
E. whymperi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 – Canada, Greenland, Faeroes, Norway, Russia (Europe, West Siberia), Mongolia
- Erigone w. minor Jackson, 1933 – Canada
E. wiltoni Locket, 1973 – New Zealand, Comoros
E. zabluta Keyserling, 1886 – Peru
E. zheduoshanensis Song & Li, 2008 – China

References

^ ^a ^b "Gen. Erigone Audouin, 1826". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
^ Audouin, V. (1826), "Explication sommaire des planches d'arachnides de l'Égypte et de la Syrie", Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée franҫaise, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand
^ "Genus Erigone". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

External links

Erigone on Fauna Europaea
Tamerlan Thorell (1895): Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma

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[NMBE-1] "Gen. Erigone Audouin, 1826". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

[Audo1826-2] Audouin, V. (1826), "Explication sommaire des planches d'arachnides de l'Égypte et de la Syrie", Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée franҫaise, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand

[bugguide-3] "Genus Erigone". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

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