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Genus: Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1833 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Walckenaeria erythrina (Simon, 1884)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013287

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Described:

Distribution: France (Corsica), Italy (Sicily), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia

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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

Prosopotheca erythrina Simon, 1884a: 837 (Dmf) Original description

Prosopotheca erythrina Simon, 1926: 416, f. 738 (mf)

Walckenaeria erythrina Wunderlich, 1972a: 379, f. 39-41 (mf)

Walckenaeria (Prosopotheca) erythrina Bosmans & De Smet, 1993: 25, f. 1-7 (mf)

Walckenaeria erythrina Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 137, f. 81A-K (mf)

References

Bosmans, R. & De Smet, K. (1993). Le genre Walckenaeria Blackwall en Afrique du Nord (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue Arachnologique 10: 21-51. -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184. -- 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

Wunderlich, J. (1972a). Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Walckenaeria Blackwall 1833 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der europäischen Subgenera und Arten (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiiidae). Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.) 18: 371-427. -- 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
2025-04-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025
2024-09-09	Species distribution update	Nicolosi et al., 2024	Old value