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Genus: Hybocoptus Simon, 1884 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Hybocoptus ericicola (Simon, 1882)

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Described:

Distribution: France, Algeria

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Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Erigone ericicola Simon, 1882d: 238 (Dm) Original description

Hybocoptus ericicola Simon, 1884a: 712, f. 580-581 (m)

Hybocoptus decollatus ericicola Simon, 1926: 386, 498

Hybocoptus decollatus ericicola Denis, 1945e: 37, f. A-B (f)

Hybocoptus ericicola Bosmans, 2007: 130, f. 78-84 (mf, elevated from subspecies, removed from S of Hybocoptus corrugis, rejecting Wunderlich, 1995a: 370)

Erigone ericicola Frétey, 2023: 124 (year of description corrected)

References

Bosmans, R. (2007). Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part XII. Miscellaneous erigonine genera and additional records (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 143: 117-163. -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1945e). Notes sur les érigonides. VIII. Remarques synonymiques sur les genres Nematogmus et Cnephalocotes, Peponocranium et Hybocoptus. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 50(3): 35-37. doi: 10.3406/bsef.1945.15807 -- Show included taxa

Frétey, T. (2023). The publication dates of the printed issues of the Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France (1876–2015). Bionomina 33(1): 1-162. doi: 10.11646/bionomina.33.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1882d). Description d'espèces nouvelles du genre Erigone. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 6(6, 1881): 233-257. [[already Simon, 1884a cited this paper as of 1882, year corrected per Frétey, 2023: 11]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1884a). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, deuxième et troisième partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 180-885, pl. 26-27. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1926). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 2e partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 309-532. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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
2023-11-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Frétey, 2023
2023-11-23	Species updated	Frétey, 2023	Old value	Error corrected