Prinerigone vagans (Audouin, 1826)

Bosmans, Robert, Cardoso, Pedro & Crespo, Luis Carlos, 2010, A review of the linyphiid spiders of Portugal, with the description of six new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae) 2473, Zootaxa 2473 (1), pp. 1-67 : 47-48

Prinerigone vagans (Audouin, 1826)

Description: Wiehle (1960: 558, figs 1039–1047), Roberts (1987: 94, figs 42e, 45a), Bosmans (2007: 137, figs 141–147).

Previous records: Beja: Vale do Guadiana NP, Pomarão (Cardoso et al. 2009). Braga: Peneda-Gerês NP, Terras de Bouro, Mata da Albergaria ( Cardoso et al. 2008b). Coimbra: Coimbra ( Bertkau 1893; Bacelar 1928). Évora: Reguengos de Monsaraz, Herdade do Esporão ( Nobre & Meierrose 2000). Setúbal: Arrábida NP, Vale da Rasca ( Cardoso et al. 2008a).

New records: Beja : Cuba, 1 male 8 females, 8.IV.1996 (CRB); Vale do Guadiana NP, Mértola, Braciais, 1 male 12. III, 2 males 7–21.V (CPC); Mértola, montado, 3 males, 25–29.V.2003 (CPC); Mértola, Monte do Guizo , 1 male 1 female, 22.V.2006 (CLC). Braga: Esposende, Ofir (CJFM); Vilar da Veiga , 1 female, 14.VIII.1994 (CRB). Bragança: Douro Internacional NP, Miranda do Douro, Picote , 1 male, 28.XI.2001 (CPC), Mogadouro, Lamoso, 2 males, 4.VI.2001 (CPC). Castelo Branco: Covilhã, Serra da Estrela (CBM); Vila Velha de Ródão , 1 female, 9.IV.1996 (CRB). Coimbra: Coimbra, 1 male, 30.XI.2006 (CLC); Paúl de Arzila NR, 1 male, 6.XI.2005, 1 female, 31.V.2006 (CLC). Évora: Évora N., 5 females, 8.IV.1996 (CRB); Portel N., 1 female, 8.IV.1996 (CRB). Faro: Aljezur, 1 male 2 females, herbs along rivulet, 22.V.2007 (CRB); Monchique (CBM); Odiáxere, 2 females, stones in wet grassland, 13.II.2006 (CRB); Sagres, 1 male, in maquis, 22.V.2007 (CRB); Tavira, 1 female, salt marsh, 17.II.2006 (CRB); Vila Real de Santo António , Monte Gordo, 2 males 1 female, 15.IV.1971 (CJFM). Guarda: Serra da Lousã , Cadafaz, 1 male, 25.IV.2008 (CLC). Leiria: Serras de Aire e Candeeiros NP, Alcanena, Mira d'Aire, 1 male, 21.V, 1 male 2.VII.2002 (CPC). Lisboa: Póvoa de Cima , 1 male, in pine forest, 2.VI.2001, 1 male in Eucalyptus plantation, 15.VI.2002 (CGT). Portalegre: Nisa, 1 male, A. Rufino leg. (IMAR). Portalegre, 1 female, 9.IV.1996 (CRB). Santarém: Paúl do Boquilobo NR, Golegã, choupal, 9 males, 22.V–5.VI.2002; Torres Novas, salgueiral, 1 male 24.IV, 3 females 19.IX.2002 (CPC); Torres Novas, montado, 6 males, 6. II –15.V, 5 males, 19.IX–3.XII.2002 (CPC). Setúbal: Sesimbra, Terras do Risco (CPC), Alcácer do Sal, Sta. Catarina, 3 males 3 females, herbs along rice fields, 25.V.2007 (CRB) .

Distribution: Old World.

Habitat type: All habitat types that are at least periodically humid.

Phenology: Present during all year.