Erigone (spider)

Erigone is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1826.^[2] They prey on small insects such as Psylla and flies.^{[citation needed]} One of the distinctive characters for this genus is the presence of teeth bordering the carapace.^[3]

Erigone Temporal range: Neogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Male Erigone atra
E. dentipalpis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Subfamily:	Erigoninae
Genus:	Erigone Audouin, 1826[1]
Type species
E. longipalpis (Sundevall, 1830)
Species
103, see text

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes 103 species and seven subspecies.^[1]

These species have articles on Wikipedia:

• Erigone aletris Crosby & Bishop, 1928 – Alaska, Canada, United States. Introduced to Britain, Italy
• Erigone atra Blackwall, 1833 – 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 Emerton, 1882 – North and Central America. Introduced to Uruguay, Azores, Europe, Russia (Caucasus), United Arab Emirates, New Caledonia, Hawaii
• Erigone blaesa Crosby & Bishop, 1928 – Alaska, Canada, United States
• Erigone dentigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 – Canada, United States
• Erigone dentosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 – Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala. Introduced to Europe, Morocco, Turkey
• Erigone prominens Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – Asia. Introduced to St. Helena, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
• Erigone wiltoni Locket, 1973 – New Zealand, Comoros

Complete species list as of October 2025[update]

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