Walckenaeria
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Walckenaeria is a large spider genus in the family Linyphiidae
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Some males of the erigonines are very strange, with their eyes set up on mounds or turrets. This reaches an extreme in some members of Walckenaeria, where several of the male's eyes are placed on a stalk taller than the carapace
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Linyphiidae
Linyphiidae is a family of spiders, including more than 4,300 described species in 578 genera worldwide. This makes Linyphiidae the second largest family of spiders after the Salticidae. New species are still being discovered throughout the world, and the family is poorly known...
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Some males of the erigonines are very strange, with their eyes set up on mounds or turrets. This reaches an extreme in some members of Walckenaeria, where several of the male's eyes are placed on a stalk taller than the carapace
Carapace
A carapace is a dorsal section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tortoises, the underside is called the plastron.-Crustaceans:In crustaceans, the...
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Species list
- Walckenaeria abantensis Wunderlich, 1995 — Greece, Turkey
- Walckenaeria aberdarensis (Holm, 1962) — Kenya
- Walckenaeria acuminata Blackwall, 1833 — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria aenea Millidge, 1983 — Mexico
- Walckenaeria afur Thaler, 1984 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria aksoyi Seyyar, Demir & Türkes, 2008 — Turkey
- Walckenaeria alba Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria allopatriae Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 — Tanzania
- Walckenaeria alticeps (Denis, 1952) — Europe to Iran
- Walckenaeria anceps Millidge, 1983 — Canada
- Walckenaeria angelica Millidge, 1979 — Italy
- Walckenaeria angustifrons (Simon, 1884) — France
- Walckenaeria antica (Wider, 1834) — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria aprilis Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria arcana Millidge, 1983 — Mexico
- Walckenaeria arctica Millidge, 1983 — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria atrotibialis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1878) — Holarctic
- Walckenaeria auranticeps (Emerton, 1882) — Russia, Canada, USA
- Walckenaeria aurata Millidge, 1983 — Mexico
- Walckenaeria baborensis Bosmans, 1993 — Algeria
- Walckenaeria basarukini Eskov & Marusik, 1994 — Russia
- Walckenaeria bifasciculata Tanasevitch, 1987 — Azerbaijan, Armenia
- Walckenaeria bifida Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria blanda Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria breviaria (Crosby & Bishop, 1931) — USA
- Walckenaeria brevicornis (Emerton, 1882) — USA
- Walckenaeria brucei (Tullgren, 1955) — Sweden
- Walckenaeria camposi Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria caobangensis Tu & Li, 2004 — Vietnam
- Walckenaeria capito (Westring, 1861) — Holarctic
- Walckenaeria carolina Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria castanea (Emerton, 1882) — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria cavernicola Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria chikunii Saito & Ono, 2001 — Japan
- Walckenaeria chiyokoae Saito, 1988 — Japan
- Walckenaeria christae Wunderlich, 1995 — Greece
- Walckenaeria cirriceps Thaler, 1996 — Greece
- Walckenaeria clavicornis (Emerton, 1882) — Holarctic
- Walckenaeria claviloba Wunderlich, 1995 — Crete
- Walckenaeria clavipalpis Millidge, 1983 — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria cognata Holm, 1984 — Tanzania
- Walckenaeria columbia Millidge, 1983 — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria communis (Emerton, 1882) — USA, Canada, Alaska
- Walckenaeria coniceps Thaler, 1996 — Greece
- Walckenaeria coreana (Paik, 1983) — Korea
- Walckenaeria corniculans (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875) — Europe, North Africa
- Walckenaeria cornuella (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria cretaensis Wunderlich, 1995 — Crete
- Walckenaeria crocata (Simon, 1884) — Algeria
- Walckenaeria crocea Millidge, 1983 — Mexico
- Walckenaeria crosbyi (Fage, 1938) — Costa Rica
- Walckenaeria cucullata (C. L. Koch, 1836) — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria cuspidata Blackwall, 1833 — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria cuspidata brevicula (Crosby & Bishop, 1931) — USA, Canada, Alaska, Greenland
- Walckenaeria cuspidata obsoleta Chyzer & Kulczynski, 1894 — Hungary
- Walckenaeria cylindrica Xu, 1994 — China
- Walckenaeria cyprusensis Wunderlich, 1995 — Cyprus
- Walckenaeria dalmasi (Simon, 1914) — France
- Walckenaeria denisi Thaler, 1984 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria digitata (Emerton, 1913) — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria directa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) — USA, Canada, Alaska
- Walckenaeria discolor Millidge, 1983 — Mexico
- Walckenaeria dixiana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) — USA
- Walckenaeria dondalei Millidge, 1983 — Canada
- Walckenaeria dulciacensis (Denis, 1949) — France
- Walckenaeria dysderoides (Wider, 1834) — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria elgonensis Holm, 1984 — Kenya, Uganda
- Walckenaeria emarginata Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria erythrina (Simon, 1884) — Corsica, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
- Walckenaeria exigua Millidge, 1983 — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria extraterrestris Bosmans, 1993 — Algeria, Greece
- Walckenaeria faceta Millidge, 1983 — Mexico
- Walckenaeria fallax Millidge, 1983 — Canada
- Walckenaeria floridiana Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria fraudatrix Millidge, 1983 — Russia, Mongolia, Alaska, Canada
- Walckenaeria furcillata (Menge, 1869) — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria fusca Rosca, 1935 — Romania, Ukraine
- Walckenaeria fusciceps Millidge, 1983 — Canada
- Walckenaeria fuscocephala Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria gertschi Millidge, 1983 — Mexico
- Walckenaeria gologolensis Scharff, 1990 — Tanzania
- Walckenaeria golovatchi Eskov & Marusik, 1994 — Russia, Japan
- Walckenaeria gomerensis Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria grandis (Wunderlich, 1992) — Azores
- Walckenaeria hamus Wunderlich, 1995 — Crete
- Walckenaeria heimbergi Bosmans, 2007 — Morocco
- Walckenaeria helenae Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria hierropalma Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria ichifusaensis Saito & Ono, 2001 — Japan
- Walckenaeria incisa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1871) — Europe
- Walckenaeria incompleta Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria indirecta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria inflexa (Westring, 1861) — Sweden
- Walckenaeria insperata Millidge, 1979 — Italy
- Walckenaeria intoleranda (Keyserling, 1886) — Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
- Walckenaeria iviei Millidge, 1983 — Mexico
- Walckenaeria jocquei Holm, 1984 — Malawi
- Walckenaeria kabyliana Bosmans, 1993 — Algeria
- Walckenaeria karpinskii (O. P.-Cambridge, 1873) — Holarctic
- Walckenaeria katanda Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996 — Russia
- Walckenaeria kazakhstanica Eskov, 1995 — Russia, Kazakhstan
- Walckenaeria keikoae Saito, 1988 — Japan
- Walckenaeria kikogensis Scharff, 1990 — Tanzania
- Walckenaeria kochi (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria koenboutjei Baert, 1994 — Russia
- Walckenaeria korobeinikovi Esyunin & Efimik, 1996 — Russia, Japan
- Walckenaeria kulalensis Holm, 1984 — Kenya
- Walckenaeria languida (Simon, 1914) — Southern, Central Europe, North Africa
- Walckenaeria latens Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria lepida (Kulczynski, 1885) — Holarctic
- Walckenaeria maesta Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria mariannae Bosmans, 1993 — Algeria
- Walckenaeria martensi Wunderlich, 1972 — Nepal
- Walckenaeria mauensis Holm, 1984 — Kenya
- Walckenaeria mengei Bösenberg, 1902 — Germany
- Walckenaeria meruensis Tullgren, 1910 — Tanzania
- Walckenaeria mesus (Chamberlin, 1949) — USA
- Walckenaeria mexicana Millidge, 1983 — Mexico
- Walckenaeria microps Holm, 1984 — Kenya, Uganda
- Walckenaeria microspiralis Millidge, 1983 — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria minuscula Holm, 1984 — Kenya
- Walckenaeria minuta (Emerton, 1882) — USA
- Walckenaeria mitrata (Menge, 1868) — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria monoceras (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) — USA, Alaska
- Walckenaeria monoceros (Wider, 1834) — Europe to Kyrgyzstan
- Walckenaeria neglecta Bosmans, 1993 — Algeria
- Walckenaeria nepalensis Wunderlich, 1972 — Nepal
- Walckenaeria ngorongoroensis Holm, 1984 — Tanzania
- Walckenaeria nigeriensis Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980 — Nigeria, Kenya
- Walckenaeria nishikawai Saito, 1986 — Russia, Japan
- Walckenaeria nodosa O. P.-Cambridge, 1873 — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria nudipalpis (Westring, 1851) — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria obtusa Blackwall, 1836 — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria occidentalis Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria ocularis Holm, 1984 — Kenya
- Walckenaeria oregona Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria orghidani Georgescu, 1977 — Cuba
- Walckenaeria orientalis (Oliger, 1985) — Russia, Korea, Japan
- Walckenaeria pallida (Emerton, 1882) — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria palmgreni Eskov & Marusik, 1994 — Russia, Mongolia
- Walckenaeria palmierro Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria palustris Millidge, 1983 — Canada
- Walckenaeria parvicornis Wunderlich, 1995 — Mongolia
- Walckenaeria pellax Millidge, 1983 — USA, Canada, Alaska
- Walckenaeria perdita (Chamberlin, 1949) — USA
- Walckenaeria picetorum (Palmgren, 1976) — Finland, Russia
- Walckenaeria pinocchio (Kaston, 1945) — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria pinoensis Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria placida (Banks, 1892) — USA
- Walckenaeria plumata Millidge, 1979 — Italy
- Walckenaeria prominens Millidge, 1983 — Canada
- Walckenaeria puella Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria pullata Millidge, 1983 — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria pyrenaea (Denis, 1952) — France
- Walckenaeria reclusa Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria redneri Millidge, 1983 — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria rufula Millidge, 1983 — Mexico
- Walckenaeria rutilis Millidge, 1983 — Mexico
- Walckenaeria ruwenzoriensis (Holm, 1962) — Congo, Uganda
- Walckenaeria saniuana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) — USA
- Walckenaeria serrata Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria simplex Chyzer, 1894 — Central, Eastern Europe
- Walckenaeria solivaga Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria spiralis (Emerton, 1882) — Russia, Alaska, Canada, USA
- Walckenaeria stepposa Tanasevitch & Piterkina, 2007 — Kazakhstan
- Walckenaeria striata Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria stylifrons (O. P.-Cambridge, 1875) — Europe
- Walckenaeria subdirecta Millidge, 1983 — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria subpallida Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria subspiralis Millidge, 1983 — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria subvigilax Millidge, 1983 — USA
- Walckenaeria suspecta (Kulczynski, 1882) — Poland, Slovakia
- Walckenaeria tanzaniensis Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 — Tanzania
- Walckenaeria teideensis Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Islands
- Walckenaeria tenella Millidge, 1983 — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria tenuitibialis Bosmans, 1993 — Algeria
- Walckenaeria teres Millidge, 1983 — Canada
- Walckenaeria thrinax (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) — USA
- Walckenaeria tibialis (Emerton, 1882) — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria torta Bosmans, 1993 — Algeria
- Walckenaeria tricornis (Emerton, 1882) — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria tumida (Crosby & Bishop, 1931) — USA, Canada
- Walckenaeria turbulenta Bosmans, 1993 — Algeria
- Walckenaeria tystchenkoi Eskov & Marusik, 1994 — Russia
- Walckenaeria uenoi Saito & Irie, 1992 — Japan
- Walckenaeria unicornis O. P.-Cambridge, 1861 — Palearctic
- Walckenaeria uzungwensis Scharff, 1990 — Tanzania
- Walckenaeria vigilax (Blackwall, 1853) — Holarctic
- Walckenaeria vilbasteae Wunderlich, 1979 — Finland, Estonia
- Walckenaeria weber (Chamberlin, 1949) — USA
- Walckenaeria westringi Strand, 1903 — Norway
- Walckenaeria wunderlichi Tanasevitch, 1983 — Central Asia
- Walckenaeria yunnanensis Xia et al., 2001 — China