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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Dwarf Spiders (Erigoninae) » Erigone

Genus Erigone

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Remarks

Orange legged black spider - Erigone - male

E. dentosa male - 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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

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

Palp with tibia for comparison:(E. aletris, E. atra, E. autumnalis, E. blaesa, E. dentigera, E. dentosa)

Range

Common and widespread

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

Expected species in BugGuide's range:

*E. albescens

*E. aletris

*E. allani

*E. angela

*E. arctica

*E. arctophylacis

*E. aspura

*E. atra

*E. autumnalis

*E. barrowsi

*E. benes

*E. blaesa

*E. canthognatha

*E. capra

*E. coloradensis

*E. cristatopalpus

*E. crosbyi

*E. denticulata

*E. dentigera

*E. dentipalpis

*E. dentosa

*E. ephala

*E. hydrophytae

*E. hypenema

*E. infernalis

*E. matanuskae

*E. ostiaria

*E. paradisicola

*E. personata

*E. praecursa

*E. psychrophila

*E. reducta

*E. tanana

*E. tirolensis

*E. tristis

*E. uintana

*E. whitneyana

*E. whymperi

*E. whymperi minor

Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 6 September, 2008 - 11:19pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, Mandy Howe
Last updated 10 December, 2024 - 8:45am

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