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Genus: Arctilaira Chamberlin, 1921 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Arctilaira gertschi (Holm, 1960)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010810

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Described:

Distribution: Russia (North Siberia), Alaska

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA m - (Holm, 1960b)
Allotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA f - (Holm, 1960b)
Paratype: Zoological Museum of Uppsala University (ZMUU/UUZM), Uppsala, Sweden m (1056), see also Holm, 1960b - (Wallin, 2001)

Taxonomic References

Hilaira vexatrix gertschi Holm, 1960b: 120, f. 23-25 (Dmf) Original description

Hilaira gertschi Eskov, 1981b: 1487 (elevated from subspecies)

Arctilaira gertschi Tanasevitch & Marusik, 2026: 122, f. 5G-H, 7A-J, 8A-C (mf, T from Hilaira)

References

Eskov, K. Y. (1981b). Taxonomy of spiders of the genus Hilaira (Aranei, Linyphiidae). Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 60: 1486-1493. -- Show included taxa

Holm, Å. (1960b). On a collection of spiders from Alaska. Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala 33: 109-134, pl. 1-4. -- Show included taxa

Tanasevitch, A. V. & Marusik, Y. M. (2026). Reassessment of the spider genus Hilaira Simon, 1884. I. Revalidation of the genus Arctilaira Chamberlin, 1921 (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Invertebrate Zoology 23(1): 114-135. doi: 10.15298/invertzool.23.1.07 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-25	New taxonomic reference entry	Tanasevitch & Marusik, 2026
2026-03-25	Species transferred to new genus	Tanasevitch & Marusik, 2026		Species transferred from Hilaira Simon, 1884 to Arctilaira Chamberlin, 1921
2016-10-01	Species distribution update	Tanasevitch & Nekhaeva, 2016	Old value