Arachnids of North Carolina
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Erigone dentosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 - a dwarf sheetweb weaver


Taxonomy
Order: ARANEAEInfraorder: ARANEOMORPHAEFamily: LINYPHIIDAE                                                                                 
Identification
Online Description/Photos: BugGuide Google, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, GBIF
Structural photos

Left palp, sans part of tibia and palpal bulb. Note diagnostic placement and size of femoral teeth and hooked spines on patella

Note size and placement of cheliceral "teeth." (left palp removed for examination)

Note diagnostic tibial apophysis to left in photo.

Distribution in North Carolina
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Adult phenology:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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 Photo Gallery for Erigone dentosa - a dwarf sheetweb weaver

Photos: 3

Recorded by: Mark BASINGER & Donald ZEPP on 2024-05-31
Wayne Co.
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Recorded by: Mark BASINGER & Donald ZEPP on 2024-05-31
Wayne Co.
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Recorded by: Mark BASINGER & Donald ZEPP on 2024-05-31
Wayne Co.
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