Erigone (spider)

Erigone is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1826. They prey on small insects such as Psylla and flies. One of the distinctive characters for this genus is the presence of teeth bordering the carapace.

Species

, this genus includes 103 species and seven subspecies.

These species have articles on Wikipedia:

• Erigone aletris <small>Crosby & Bishop, 1928</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States. Introduced to Britain, Italy
• Erigone atra <small>Blackwall, 1833</small> – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Pakistan, Nepal, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan. Introduced to Galapagos
• Erigone autumnalis <small>Emerton, 1882</small> – North and Central America. Introduced to Uruguay, Azores, Europe, Russia (Caucasus), United Arab Emirates, New Caledonia, Hawaii
• Erigone blaesa <small>Crosby & Bishop, 1928</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States
• Erigone dentigera <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874</small> – Canada, United States
• Erigone dentosa <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894</small> – Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala. Introduced to Europe, Morocco, Turkey
• Erigone prominens <small> & Strand, 1906</small> – Asia. Introduced to St. Helena, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
• Erigone wiltoni <small>Locket, 1973</small> – New Zealand, Comoros

• Erigone acuta <small>Tanasevitch, 2021</small> – Nepal
• Erigone albescens <small>Banks, 1898</small> – United States
• Erigone aletris <small>Crosby & Bishop, 1928</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States. Introduced to Britain, Italy
• Erigone allani <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947</small> – Alaska
• Erigone alsaida <small>Crosby & Bishop, 1928</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States
• Erigone angela <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939</small> – United States
• Erigone ansula <small>Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2022</small> – China
• Erigone antarctica <small>Simon, 1884</small> – Chile
• Erigone antegona <small>Chickering, 1970</small> – Panama
• Erigone apophysalis <small>Tanasevitch, 2017</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Erigone aptuna <small>Chickering, 1970</small> – Panama
• Erigone arctica <small>(White, 1852)</small> – Russia (north-eastern Siberia), Alaska, Canada, Greenland
• E. a. palaearctica <small>Brændegaard, 1934</small> – Svalbard, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
• E. a. sibirica <small>Kulczyński, 1908</small> – Russia (Urals, Siberia)
• E. a. soerenseni <small>Holm, 1956</small> – Greenland
• Erigone arcticola <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947</small> – Russia (Europe to Far North-East), Alaska, Canada
• Erigone arctophylacis <small>Crosby & Bishop, 1928</small> – Canada, United States
• Erigone atra <small>Blackwall, 1833</small> – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Pakistan, Nepal, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan. Introduced to Galapagos
• Erigone autumnalis <small>Emerton, 1882</small> – North and Central America. Introduced to Uruguay, Azores, Europe, Russia (Caucasus), United Arab Emirates, New Caledonia, Hawaii
• Erigone barrowsi <small>Crosby & Bishop, 1928</small> – United States, Mexico, Bonaire
• Erigone benes <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939</small> – United States
• Erigone bereta <small>Chickering, 1970</small> – Panama
• Erigone bifurca <small>Locket, 1982</small> – India, Malaysia (mainland), Philippines, Indonesia (Krakatau). Introduced to Hawaii
• Erigone blaesa <small>Crosby & Bishop, 1928</small> – Alaska, Canada, United States
• Erigone brevipes <small>Tu & Li, 2004</small> – Vietnam
• Erigone canthognatha <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935</small> – United States
• Erigone capra <small>Simon, 1884</small> – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Alaska, Canada
• Erigone clavipalpis <small>Millidge, 1991</small> – Peru
• Erigone coloradensis <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> – Canada, United States
• Erigone convalescens <small>, 1985</small> – Comoros
• Erigone cristatopalpus <small>Simon, 1884</small> – North America, Europe, Russia (Urals to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia
• Erigone crosbyi <small>Schenkel, 1950</small> – United States
• Erigone dentichelis <small>Miller, 1970</small> – Angola
• Erigone denticulata <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939</small> – United States
• Erigone dentigera <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874</small> – Canada, United States
• Erigone dentipalpis <small>(Wider, 1834)</small> – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, Pakistan, India, China. Introduced to Canada
• E. d. syriaca <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872</small> – Syria
• Erigone dentosa <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894</small> – Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala. Introduced to Europe, Morocco, Turkey
• Erigone digena <small>Chickering, 1970</small> – Panama, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
• Erigone dipona <small>Chickering, 1970</small> – Panama
• Erigone dumitrescuae <small>Georgescu, 1969</small> – Romania
• Erigone edentata <small>Saito & Ono, 2001</small> – Korea, Japan
• Erigone eisenschmidti <small>Wunderlich, 1976</small> – Australia (Queensland)
• Erigone ephala <small>Crosby & Bishop, 1928</small> – Canada, United States
• Erigone fellita <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> – Peru
• Erigone fluminea <small>Millidge, 1991</small> – Venezuela
• Erigone grandidens <small>Tu & Li, 2004</small> – China, Vietnam
• Erigone himeshimensis <small>Strand, 1918</small> – Japan
• Erigone hydrophytae <small>Ivie & Barrows, 1935</small> – United States
• Erigone hypenema <small>Crosby & Bishop, 1928</small> – United States
• Erigone hypoarctica <small>Eskov, 1989</small> – Russia (Europe to Far East)
• Erigone infernalis <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> – United States
• Erigone irrita <small>Jocqué, 1984</small> – South Africa
• Erigone jaegeri <small>Baehr, 1984</small> – Central Europe, China
• Erigone jammu <small>Tanasevitch, 2018</small> – India
• Erigone jugorum <small>Simon, 1884</small> – France (Pyrenees)
• Erigone kazhiensis <small>Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025</small> – China
• Erigone koratensis <small>Strand, 1918</small> – Japan
• Erigone koshiensis <small>Oi, 1960</small> – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
• Erigone lata <small>Song & Li, 2008</small> – China
• Erigone longipalpis <small>(Sundevall, 1830)</small> – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), China, Japan (type species)
• E. l. pirini <small>Deltshev, 1983</small> – Bulgaria
• Erigone malvari <small>Barrion & , 1995</small> – Philippines
• Erigone maritima <small>Kulczyński, 1902</small> – Western, Central and Northern Europe, Russia (Altai)
• Erigone matanuskae <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947</small> – Alaska
• Erigone miniata <small>Baert, 1990</small> – Galapagos
• Erigone monterreyensis <small>Gertsch & Davis, 1937</small> – Mexico
• Erigone neocaledonica <small>Kritscher, 1966</small> – New Caledonia
• Erigone nepalensis <small>Wunderlich, 1983</small> – Nepal
• Erigone nigrimana <small>Thorell, 1875</small> – Italy
• Erigone nitidithorax <small>Miller, 1970</small> – Angola
• Erigone ostiaria <small>Crosby & Bishop, 1928</small> – United States
• Erigone palustris <small>Millidge, 1991</small> – Peru. Introduced to Falkland Is.
• Erigone paradisicola <small>Crosby & Bishop, 1928</small> – Canada, United States
• Erigone pauperula <small>( & Strand, 1906)</small> – Japan
• Erigone personata <small>Gertsch & Davis, 1936</small> – United States
• Erigone poeyi <small>Simon, 1898</small> – St. Vincent
• Erigone praecursa <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939</small> – United States
• Erigone prominens <small>Bösenberg & Strand, 1906</small> – Asia. Introduced to St. Helena, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
• Erigone promiscua <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)</small> – Western Europe
• Erigone psychrophila <small>Thorell, 1871</small> – North America, Northern Europe, Russia (Europe to East Siberia)
• Erigone reducta <small>Schenkel, 1950</small> – United States
• Erigone remota <small>L. Koch, 1869</small> – Europe, Russia (Europe to north-east Siberia), Kyrgyzstan
• E. r. dentigera <small>Simon, 1926</small> – Switzerland
• Erigone rohtangensis <small>Tikader, 1981</small> – India
• Erigone rutila <small>Millidge, 1995</small> – Thailand
• Erigone sagibia <small>Strand, 1918</small> – Japan
• Erigone sagicola <small>Dönitz & Strand, 1906</small> – Japan
• Erigone sinensis <small>Schenkel, 1936</small> – Russia (West Siberia to Far East), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, China
• Erigone sirimonensis <small>Bosmans, 1977</small> – Kenya
• Erigone stygia <small>Gertsch, 1973</small> – Hawaii
• Erigone sumatrana <small>Tanasevitch, 2017</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Erigone svenssoni <small>Holm, 1975</small> – Scandinavia, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
• Erigone tamazunchalensis <small>Gertsch & Davis, 1937</small> – Mexico
• Erigone tanana <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947</small> – Alaska
• Erigone tenuimana <small>Simon, 1884</small> – Europe (Alps)
• Erigone tepena <small>Chickering, 1970</small> – Jamaica
• Erigone tirolensis <small>L. Koch, 1872</small> – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far North East)
• Erigone tolucana <small>Gertsch & Davis, 1937</small> – Mexico
• Erigone tristis <small>(Banks, 1892)</small> – United States
• Erigone uintana <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935</small> – United States
• Erigone uliginosa <small>Millidge, 1991</small> – Peru
• Erigone watertoni <small>Simon, 1898</small> – St. Vincent
• Erigone welchi <small>Jackson, 1911</small> – Ireland, Britain, Scandinavia, Estonia, Latvia
• Erigone whitneyana <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935</small> – United States
• Erigone whymperi <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877</small> – Canada, Greenland, Faeroes, Norway, Russia (Europe, West Siberia), Mongolia
• E. w. minor <small>Jackson, 1933</small> – Canada
• Erigone wiltoni <small>Locket, 1973</small> – New Zealand, Comoros
• Erigone zabluta <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> – Peru
• Erigone zheduoshanensis <small>Song & Li, 2008</small> – China

References

External links

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