Genus Erigone

Classification · Identification · Remarks

Araneidae or Cybaeidae? - Erigone - male

one weird looking small spider - Erigone dentosa - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)

Subfamily Erigoninae (Dwarf Spiders)

Genus Erigone

Identification

Don Buckle told me that, "The teeth bordering the carapace are one of the distinctive characters for the genus." … John Sloan, 17 February, 2012 - 2:00pm

Remarks

Of western Washington: "E. dentosa is not as common in western WA as E. aletris, but occurs in "pioneer species" habitats like agricultural fields, mud flats, and recently cleared ground." - pers. comm. Rod Crawford (here)

"Erigone dentosa outnumbers all other Erigoninae species combined throughout much of the Pacific coast states." - 2008 pers. comm. Devin Carroll

Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 6 September, 2008 - 11:19pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mandy Howe
Last updated 23 April, 2014 - 5:54am

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