Erigone is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of spider

Spider

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

s of the araneomorphae

Araneomorphae

The Araneomorphae are a suborder of spiders. They are distinguished by having fangs that oppose each other and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae , which have fangs that are nearly parallel in alignment.- Distinguishing characteristics :Note the difference in the...

 sub-order and the Linyphiidae

Linyphiidae

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 family. They are carnivorous, preying on small insects such as psylla

Psylla

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 and flies

Fly

True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...

. The species of the genus are native to America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Some species with the species name erigone are actually synonyms for a species in another genus - Erigone orientalis, for example, is a synonym for Hylyphantes graminicola

Hylyphantes graminicola

Hylyphantes graminicola is a small linyphiid spider with palaearctic distribution. It is one of the most important natural enemies of different pests in farmland and forests in Asia. In cotton fields, it was found to build a small web between clods of young plants, and to live on branches when the...

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List of species

According to The World Spider Catalog 11.0:

• Erigone albescens Banks, 1898
• Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, 1928
• Erigone allani Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947
• Erigone alsaida Crosby & Bishop, 1928
• Erigone angela Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939
• Erigone antarctica Simon, 1884
• Erigone antegona Chickering, 1970
• Erigone aptuna Chickering, 1970
• Erigone arctica (White, 1852)
• Erigone arcticola Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947
• Erigone arctophylacis Crosby & Bishop, 1928
• Erigone aspura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939
• Erigone atra Blackwall, 1833
• Erigone autumnalis Emerton, 1882
• Erigone barrowsi Crosby & Bishop, 1928
• Erigone benes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939
• Erigone bereta Chickering, 1970
• Erigone bhamoensis Thorell, 1898
• Erigone bifurca Locket, 1982
• Erigone birmanica Thorell, 1895
• Erigone blaesa Crosby & Bishop, 1928
• Erigone brevipes Tu & Li, 2004
• Erigone canthognatha Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935
• Erigone chiridota Thorell, 1895
• Erigone clavipalpis Millidge, 1991
• Erigone coloradensis Keyserling, 1886
• Erigone convalescens Jocqué, 1985
• Erigone cristatopalpus Simon, 1884
• Erigone crosbyi Schenkel, 1950
• Erigone crucifera Thorell, 1895
• Erigone decens Thorell, 1871
• Erigone dentichelis Miller, 1970
• Erigone denticulata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939
• Erigone dentigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874
• Erigone dentipalpis (Wider, 1834)
• Erigone dentosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
• Erigone digena Chickering, 1970
• Erigone dipona Chickering, 1970
• Erigone dumitrescuae Georgescu, 1969
• Erigone edentata Saito & Ono, 2001
• Erigone eisenschmidti Wunderlich, 1976
• Erigone ephala Crosby & Bishop, 1928
• Erigone fasciata Thorell, 1898
• Erigone fellita Keyserling, 1886
• Erigone fluctuans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875
• Erigone fluminea Millidge, 1991
• Erigone gibbicervix Thorell, 1898
• Erigone grandidens Tu & Li, 2004
• Erigone himeshimensis Strand, 1918
• Erigone hydrophytae Ivie & Barrows, 1935
• Erigone hypenema Crosby & Bishop, 1928
• Erigone hypoarctica Eskov, 1989
• Erigone infernalis Keyserling, 1886
• Erigone irrita Jocqué, 1984
• Erigone jaegeri Baehr, 1984
• Erigone jugorum Simon, 1884
• Erigone koratensis Strand, 1918
• Erigone koshiensis Oi, 1960
• Erigone lata Song & Li, 2008
• Erigone longipalpis (Sundevall, 1830)
• Erigone malvari Barrion & Litsinger, 1995
• Erigone marina L. Koch, 1882
• Erigone matanuskae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947
• Erigone miniata Baert, 1990
• Erigone mollicula Thorell, 1898
• Erigone monterreyensis Gertsch & Davis, 1937
• Erigone neocaledonica Kritscher, 1966
• Erigone nepalensis Wunderlich, 1983
• Erigone nigrimana Thorell, 1875
• Erigone nitidithorax Miller, 1970
• Erigone occipitalis Thorell, 1895
• Erigone ostiaria Crosby & Bishop, 1928
• Erigone palustris Millidge, 1991
• Erigone paradisicola Crosby & Bishop, 1928
• Erigone pauperula (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
• Erigone personata Gertsch & Davis, 1936
• Erigone poeyi Simon, 1897
• Erigone praecursa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939
• Erigone prominens Bösenberg & Strand, 1906
• Erigone promiscua (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
• Erigone pseudovagans Caporiacco, 1935
• Erigone psychrophila Thorell, 1871
• Erigone reducta Schenkel, 1950
• Erigone remota L. Koch, 1869
• Erigone rohtangensis Tikader, 1981
• Erigone rutila Millidge, 1995
• Erigone sagibia Strand, 1918
• Erigone sagicola Dönitz & Strand, 1906
• Erigone simillima Keyserling, 1886
• Erigone sinensis Schenkel, 1936
• Erigone sirimonensis Bosmans, 1977
• Erigone spadix Thorell, 1875
• Erigone strandi Kolosváry, 1934
• Erigone stygia Gertsch, 1973
• Erigone svenssoni Holm, 1975
• Erigone tamazunchalensis Gertsch & Davis, 1937
• Erigone tanana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947
• Erigone tenuimana Simon, 1884
• Erigone tepena Chickering, 1970
• Erigone tirolensis L. Koch, 1872
• Erigone tolucana Gertsch & Davis, 1937
• Erigone tristis (Banks, 1892)
• Erigone uintana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935
• Erigone uliginosa Millidge, 1991
• Erigone viabilis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933
• Erigone watertoni Simon, 1897
• Erigone welchi Jackson, 1911
• Erigone whitneyana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935
• Erigone whymperi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877
• Erigone wiltoni Locket, 1973
• Erigone zabluta Keyserling, 1886
• Erigone zheduoshanensis Song & Li, 2008
• Erigone zographica Crosby & Bishop, 1928

External links

• Erigone on Catalogueoflife
• Erigone on Fauna Europaea