Erigone (spider)

Erigone; Temporal range:
	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
Type species
	E. longipalpis; (Sundevall, 1830)
Species
	103, see text

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. One of the distinctive characters for this genus is the presence of teeth bordering the carapace.^[3]

Species

As of October 2025, 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

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Gen. Erigone Audouin, 1826". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
^ Audouin, V. (1826), "Explication sommaire des planches d'arachnides de l'Égypte et de la Syrie", Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée franҫaise, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand
^ "Genus Erigone". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

External links

Citizen science observations for Erigone at iNaturalist

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

[wsc-1] "Gen. Erigone Audouin, 1826". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.

[Audo1826-2] Audouin, V. (1826), "Explication sommaire des planches d'arachnides de l'Égypte et de la Syrie", Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée franҫaise, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand

[bugguide-3] "Genus Erigone". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

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