Erigone (spider)
| Erigone Temporal range:
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|---|---|
| Male Erigone atra | |
| E. dentipalpis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Subfamily: | Erigoninae |
| Genus: | Erigone Audouin, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| E. longipalpis (Sundevall, 1830)
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| Species | |
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Erigone is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1826. They prey on small insects such as Psylla and flies. One of the distinctive characters for this genus is the presence of teeth bordering the carapace.