''Walckenaeria'' is a
genus of
dwarf spiders that was first described by
John Blackwall in 1833.
It is a
senior synonym of ''Paragonatium'',
as well as ''Wideria'', ''Cornicularia'', ''Prosopotheca'', ''Tigellinus'', and ''Trachynella''.
Some males in this group have eyes set up on mounds or turrets. In extreme cases, several eyes are on a stalk taller than the
carapace
A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) 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 tor ...
itself.
Species
it contains 195 species and two subspecies:
*''
W. abantensis''
Wunderlich, 1995 –
Albania,
Greece,
Turkey
*''
W. aberdarensis''
(Holm, 1962) –
Kenya
*''
W. acuminata''
Blackwall, 1833 (
type
Type may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
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* Data type, collection of values used for computations.
* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* Ty ...
) –
Europe,
Caucasus,
Iran
*''
W. aenea''
Millidge, 1983 –
Mexico
*''
W. afur''
Thaler, 1984 – Canary Is.
*''
W. aksoyi''
Seyyar, Demir & Türkes, 2008 – Turkey
*''
W. alba''
Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
*''
W. allopatriae''
Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 –
Tanzania
*''
W. alticeps''
(Denis, 1952) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus,
Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Iran
*''
W. anceps''
Millidge, 1983 –
Canada
*''
W. angelica''
Millidge, 1979 –
Italy
*''
W. angustifrons''
( Simon, 1884) –
France
*''
W. antica''
(Wider, 1834) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia),
Kyrgyzstan,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
Korea,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
*''
W. aprilis''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. arcana''
Millidge, 1983 – Mexico
*''
W. arctica''
Millidge, 1983 – USA, Canada
*''
W. asymmetrica''
Song & Li, 2011 – China
*''
W. atrotibialis''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1878) –
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia),
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
*''
W. auranticeps''
( Emerton, 1882) – Russia (South Siberia to Far East), Canada, USA
*''
W. aurata''
Millidge, 1983 – Mexico
*''
W. baborensis''
Bosmans, 1993 –
Algeria
*''
W. basarukini''
Eskov & Marusik, 1994 – Russia (Far East)
*''
W. bifasciculata''
Tanasevitch, 1987 –
Azerbaijan,
Armenia
*''
W. bifida''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. blanda''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. breviaria''
(Crosby & Bishop, 1931) – USA
*''
W. brevicornis''
(Emerton, 1882) – USA
*''
W. brucei''
( Tullgren, 1955) –
Sweden
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*''
W. camposi''
Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
*''
W. capito''
( Westring, 1861) – Canada, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Korea
*''
W. carolina''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. castanea''
(Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada,
Greenland
*''
W. cavernicola''
Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
*''
W. chikunii''
Saito & Ono, 2001 – Korea, Japan
*''
W. chiyokoae''
Saito, 1988 – Japan
*''
W. christae''
Wunderlich, 1995 – Greece
*''
W. cirriceps''
Thaler, 1996 – Greece, Turkey
*''
W. clavicornis''
(Emerton, 1882) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China,
Mongolia, Japan
*''
W. claviloba''
Wunderlich, 1995 – Greece (
Crete)
*''
W. clavipalpis''
Millidge, 1983 – USA, Canada
*''
W. cognata''
Holm, 1984 – Tanzania
*''
W. columbia''
Millidge, 1983 – USA, Canada
*''
W. communis''
(Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
*''
W. coniceps''
Thaler, 1996 – Greece
*''
W. coreana''
(Paik, 1983) – Korea
*''
W. corniculans''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Europe,
North Africa, Turkey
*''
W. cornuella''
( Chamberlin & Ivie
Ivie is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Ivie Anderson (1904–1949), American jazz singer
*Ivie Okujaye (born 1987), Nigerian actress and television producer
*Ivie Richardson (1895–1960), South Africa ...
, 1939) – USA, Canada
*''
W. cretaensis''
Wunderlich, 1995 – Greece (Crete)
*''
W. crocata''
(Simon, 1884) – Canary Is., Algeria
*''
W. crocea''
Millidge, 1983 – Mexico
*''
W. crosbyi''
(Fage, 1938) –
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
*''
W. cucullata''
(C. L. Koch
Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born ...
, 1836) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
*''
W. cuspidata''
Blackwall, 1833 – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
**''
Walckenaeria c. brevicula''
(Crosby & Bishop, 1931) – USA, Canada, Greenland
**''
Walckenaeria c. obsoleta''
Chyzer & Kulczyński Kulczyński (feminine: Kulczyńska, plural: Kulczyńscy) is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Stanisław Kulczyński (1895-1975), Polish botanist and politician
* Władysław Kulczyński
Władysław Kulczyński (27 Marc ...
, 1894 –
Hungary
*''
W. cyprusensis''
Wunderlich, 1995 –
Cyprus
*''
W. dahaituoensis''
Song & Li, 2011 – China
*''
W. dalmasi''
(Simon, 1915) –
Portugal,
Spain, France
*''
W. denisi''
Thaler, 1984 – Canary Is.
*''
W. digitata''
(Emerton, 1913) – USA, Canada
*''
W. directa''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – USA, Canada
*''
W. discolor''
Millidge, 1983 – Mexico
*''
W. dixiana''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – USA
*''
W. dondalei''
Millidge, 1983 – Canada
*''
W. dysderoides''
(Wider, 1834) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East)
*''
W. elgonensis''
Holm, 1984 – Kenya,
Uganda
*''
W. emarginata''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. erythrina''
(Simon, 1884) – France (
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
),
Morocco, Algeria,
Tunisia
*''
W. exigua''
Millidge, 1983 – USA, Canada
*''
W. extraterrestris''
Bosmans, 1993 – Algeria, Greece
*''
W. faceta''
Millidge, 1983 – Mexico
*''
W. fallax''
Millidge, 1983 – Canada
*''
W. ferruginea''
Seo, 1991 – China, Korea
*''
W. floridiana''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. fraudatrix''
Millidge, 1983 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), Mongolia, USA (
Alaska), Canada
*''
W. furcillata''
( Menge, 1869) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Korea, Japan
*''
W. fusciceps''
Millidge, 1983 – Canada
*''
W. fuscocephala''
Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
*''
W. galilea''
Tanasevitch, 2016 –
Israel
*''
W. gertschi''
Millidge, 1983 – Mexico
*''
W. gologolensis''
Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
*''
W. golovatchi''
Eskov & Marusik, 1994 – Russia (Far East), Japan
*''
W. gomerensis''
Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
*''
W. grancanariensis''
Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Is.
*''
W. grandis''
(Wunderlich, 1992) –
Azores
*''
W. hamus''
Wunderlich, 1995 – Greece (Crete)
*''
W. heimbergi''
Bosmans, 2007 – Morocco
*''
W. helenae''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. hierropalma''
Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
*''
W. ichifusaensis''
Saito & Ono, 2001 – Korea, Japan
*''
W. incisa''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Europe
*''
W. incompleta''
Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
*''
W. indirecta''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – USA, Canada
*''
W. inflexa''
(Westring, 1861) – Sweden
*''
W. insperata''
Millidge, 1979 – Italy
*''
W. intoleranda''
( Keyserling, 1886) – Costa Rica,
Panama,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
*''
W. iviei''
Millidge, 1983 – Mexico
*''
W. jinlin''
Yin & Bao, 2012 – China
*''
W. jocquei''
Holm, 1984 –
Malawi
*''
W. kabyliana''
Bosmans, 1993 – Algeria
*''
W. karpinskii''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – North America,
Scandinavia,
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Mongolia
*''
W. katanda''
Marusik, Hippa & Koponen, 1996 – Russia (South Siberia), Kazakhstan
*''
W. kazakhstanica''
Eskov, 1995 – Russia (Urals to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
*''
W. kigogensis''
Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
*''
W. kochi''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Canada, Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia, Kamchatka), Kazakhstan
*''
W. koenboutjei''
Baert, 1994 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
*''
W. korobeinikovi''
Esyunin & Efimik, 1996 – Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan
*''
W. kulalensis''
Holm, 1984 – Kenya
*''
W. languida''
(Simon, 1915) – Morocco, Algeria, France, Italy,
Switzerland
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,
Austria
*''
W. latens''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. lepida''
(Kulczyński, 1885) – North America,
Finland, Russia (Europe to Far East)
*''
W. maesta''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. mariannae''
Bosmans, 1993 – Algeria
*''
W. martensi''
Wunderlich, 1972 –
India,
Nepal
*''
W. mauensis''
Holm, 1984 – Kenya
*''
W. meruensis''
Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania
*''
W. mesus''
(Chamberlin, 1949) – USA
*''
W. mexicana''
Millidge, 1983 – Mexico
*''
W. microps''
Holm, 1984 – Kenya, Uganda
*''
W. microspinosa''
Wunderlich, 2012 – Canary Is.
*''
W. microspiralis''
Millidge, 1983 – USA, Canada
*''
W. minuscula''
Holm, 1984 – Kenya
*''
W. minuta''
(Emerton, 1882) – USA
*''
W. mitrata''
(Menge, 1868) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia)
*''
W. monoceras''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) – USA
*''
W. monoceros''
(Wider, 1834) – Europe, Azerbaijan, Central Asia
*''
W. neglecta''
Bosmans, 1993 – Algeria
*''
W. ngorongoroensis''
Holm, 1984 – Tanzania
*''
W. nigeriensis''
Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980 –
Nigeria, Kenya
*''
W. nishikawai''
Saito, 1986 – Russia (
Sakhalin, Kurile Is.), Japan
*''
W. nodosa''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873 – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), China, Japan
*''
W. nudipalpis''
(Westring, 1851) – Europe, Azerbaijan, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan
*''
W. obtusa''
Blackwall, 1836 – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East)
*''
W. occidentalis''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. ocularis''
Holm, 1984 – Kenya
*''
W. oregona''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. orghidani''
Georgescu, 1977 –
Cuba
*''
W. orientalis W. may refer to:
* SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel
* ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush
* "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 1992 EP ''Bar ...
''
(Oliger, 1985) – Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan
*''
W. pallida''
(Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
*''
W. palmgreni''
Eskov & Marusik, 1994 – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), Mongolia
*''
W. palmierro''
Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
*''
W. palustris''
Millidge, 1983 – Canada
*''
W. parvicornis''
Wunderlich, 1995 – Mongolia
*''
W. pellax''
Millidge, 1983 – USA, Canada
*''
W. perdita''
(Chamberlin, 1949) – USA
*''
W. picetorum''
(Palmgren, 1976) – Sweden, Finland, Russia (Europe to Far East)
*''
W. pinocchio''
( Kaston, 1945) – USA, Canada
*''
W. pinoensis''
Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
*''
W. placida''
( Banks, 1892) – USA
*''
W. plumata''
Millidge, 1979 – Italy
*''
W. prominens''
Millidge, 1983 – Canada
*''
W. puella''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. pullata''
Millidge, 1983 – USA, Canada
*''
W. pyrenaea''
(Denis, 1952) – France
*''
W. reclusa''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. redneri''
Millidge, 1983 – USA, Canada
*''
W. rufula''
Millidge, 1983 – Mexico
*''
W. rutilis''
Millidge, 1983 – Mexico
*''
W. ruwenzoriensis''
(Holm, 1962) –
Congo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
, Uganda
*''
W. saetigera''
Tanasevitch, 2011 – India
*''
W. saniuana''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) – USA
*''
W. serrata''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. simplex''
Chyzer, 1894 – Germany to Greece
*''
W. solivaga''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. spiralis''
(Emerton, 1882) – Russia (Far North-East), Canada, USA
*''
W. stepposa''
Tanasevitch & Piterkina, 2007 – Kazakhstan
*''
W. striata''
Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
*''
W. stylifrons''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) – Europe
*''
W. subdirecta''
Millidge, 1983 – USA, Canada
*''
W. subpallida''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. subspiralis''
Millidge, 1983 – USA, Canada
*''
W. subterranea''
Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Is.
*''
W. subvigilax''
Millidge, 1983 – USA
*''
W. supercilia''
Seo, 2018 – Korea
*''
W. suspecta''
(Kulczyński, 1882) –
Poland,
Slovakia
*''
W. tanzaniensis''
Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
*''
W. teideensis''
Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
*''
W. tenella''
Millidge, 1983 – USA, Canada
*''
W. tenuitibialis''
Bosmans, 1993 – Algeria
*''
W. teres''
Millidge, 1983 – Canada
*''
W. thrinax''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) – USA
*''
W. tibialis''
(Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
*''
W. tilos''
Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Is.
*''
W. torta''
Bosmans, 1993 – Algeria
*''
W. tricornis''
(Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
*''
W. tumida''
(Crosby & Bishop, 1931) – USA, Canada
*''
W. turbulenta''
Bosmans, 1993 – Algeria
*''
W. tystchenkoi''
Eskov & Marusik, 1994 – Russia (Far North-East to Sakhalin)
*''
W. uenoi''
Saito & Irie, 1992 – Japan
*''
W. unicornis''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861 – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Kazakhstan
*''
W. uzungwensis''
Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
*''
W. vigilax''
(Blackwall, 1853) – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far North-East))
*''
W. vilbasteae''
Wunderlich, 1980 –
Estonia
*''
W. weber''
(Chamberlin, 1949) – USA
*''
W. westringi''
Strand, 1903 –
Norway
*''
W. wunderlichi''
Tanasevitch, 1983 –
Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan,
Uzbekistan
*''
W. yunnanensis''
Xia, Zhang, Gao, Fei & Kim, 2001 – China
Formerly included:
*''W. anceps''
Xu, 1985 (Transferred to ''
Argyrodes'')
*''W. anguilliformis''
Xia, Zhang, Gao, Fei & Kim, 2001 (Transferred to ''
Shaanxinus'')
*''W. bella''
(Paik, 1978) (Transferred to ''
Paikiniana'')
*''W. caobangensis''
Tu & Li, 2004 (Transferred to ''
Nasoona'')
*''W. cylindrica''
Xu, 1994 (Transferred to ''Paikiniana'')
*''W. dentata''
Zhu & Zhou, 1988 (Transferred to ''
Dactylopisthes'')
*''W. imadatei''
(Oi, 1964) (Transferred to ''
Oia Oia or OIA may refer to:
Places
*Oia, Spain, a municipality in Galicia, in the province of Pontevedra
*Oia, Greece, a small town on the island of Santorini
*Oia, alternate name of Oea (Attica), a town of ancient Attica
*Oia, alternate name of Oe ...
'')
*''W. iriei''
Ono, 2007 (Transferred to ''Paikiniana'')
*''W. kamakuraensis''
(Oi, 1960) (Transferred to ''
Baryphymula'')
*''W. keikoae''
Saito, 1988 (Transferred to ''Paikiniana'')
*''W. lurida''
Seo, 1991 (Transferred to ''Paikiniana'')
*''W. mira''
(Oi, 1960) (Transferred to ''Paikiniana'')
*''W. patagonica''
Tullgren, 1901 (Transferred to ''
Neomaso'')
*''W. pini''
(Holm, 1950) (Transferred to ''
Baryphyma'')
*''W. saitoi''
Ono, 1991 (Transferred to ''
Ainerigone'')
*''W. selma''
(Chamberlin, 1949) (Transferred to ''
Scylaceus'')
*''W. sounkyoensis''
Saito, 1986 (Transferred to ''
Okhotigone
''Okhotigone'' is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae. The genus contains one species, ''Okhotigone sounkyoensis'', found in Russia, China and Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country i ...
'')
*''W. transversa''
(Crosby, 1905) (Transferred to ''
Tennesseellum'')
*''W. vulgaris''
(Oi, 1960) (Transferred to ''Paikiniana'')
*''W. xui''
Platnick, 1989 (Transferred to ''Argyrodes'')
Nomina dubia
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
*''W. bicolor''
Blackwall, 1841
*''W. dulciacensis''
(Denis, 1950
*''W. exilis''
Blackwall, 1853
*''W. fusca''
Roșca, 1935
*''W. mengei''
Bösenberg, 1902
*''W. parva''
Blackwall, 1841
*''W. vafra''
Blackwall, 1856
See also
*
List of Linyphiidae species (Q–Z)
This article lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of May 14, 2020, from Q to Z. Some genera have been updated to the World Spider Catalog version 21.0 .
''Racata''
'' Racata'' Millidge, 1995
* '' Racata brevis'' Tanase ...
References
Further reading
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External links
*
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Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Linyphiidae
Taxa named by John Blackwall