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Genus: Oreoneta Kulczyński, 1894 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Oreoneta urusta (Keyserling, 1886)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057663

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Described:

Distribution: Russia (Far North East, Kurile Is.), Alaska

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Paratype: Zoological Museum of Uppsala University (ZMUU/UUZM), Uppsala, Sweden 1m (1055, sub Hilaira montigena [subspecies arctica ignored]), of Oreoneta arctica, see also Holm, 1960b - (Wallin, 2001)
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m of Oreoneta arctica - (Holm, 1960b)
Syntype: National Museum of Natural History = United States National Museum (USNM), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA 2f - (Slowik & Marusik, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Erigone urusta Keyserling, 1886b: 193, pl. 18, f. 253 (Df) Original description

Erigone urusta Roewer, 1955c: 1503 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Hilaira montigena arctica Holm, 1960b: 118, f. 28-30 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039403]

Oreoneta arctica Saaristo & Marusik, 2004a: 211, f. 13b-15, 32-33, 41-42, 53-54 (m, Df, removed from S of Hilaira frigida intercepta, rejecting Eskov, 1981b: 1487, elevated to species)

Oreoneta urusta Slowik & Marusik, 2025: 299, f. 1C-D (f, T from Erigone, removed from nomen dubium, S of Oreoneta arctica)

References

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

Keyserling, E. (1886b). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. II. Hälfte. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 295 pp., pl. 11-21. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. & Marusik, Y. M. (2004a). Revision of the Holarctic spider genus Oreoneta Kulczyński, 1894 (Arachnida: Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 12(3-4, 2003): 207-249. [[publ. July 16, 2004]] -- Show included taxa

Slowik, J. & Marusik, Y. M. (2025). Notes of linyphiid species (Aranei: Linyphiidae) described by Keyserling from Alaska. Arthropoda Selecta 34(2): 298-302. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.2.15 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-06-21	Species synonymy	Slowik & Marusik, 2025		Oreoneta arctica synonymized with Oreoneta urusta
2025-06-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Slowik & Marusik, 2025
2025-06-21	Species transferred to new genus	Slowik & Marusik, 2025		Species transferred from Erigone to Oreoneta
2025-06-21	Species updated	Slowik & Marusik, 2025	Old value	New status