Porrhomma pygmaeum Blackwall, 1834

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2473.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10537887

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F58781-FF97-EB5C-5494-FAB7B0D33E62

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Porrhomma pygmaeum Blackwall, 1834
status

 

Porrhomma pygmaeum Blackwall, 1834 View in CoL

Description: Wiehle (1956: 227, figs 376–380), Roberts (1987: 114, figs 56a, 58a).

New records: Coimbra : Paúl de Arzila NR, 24 males 45 females, 20.XI.2005 – 23.X.2006, 21 males 49 females, 28.V.2008 (CLC). Santarém: Paúl do Boquilobo NR, Torres Novas, montado, 15 males 6 females, 6.II–2.V.2002; Torres Novas, salgueiral, 36 males 20 females, 13.II–5.XI.2002 (CPC) .

Distribution: Palearctic. First record in Portugal.

Habitat type: In Spain very common in caves ( Ribera 1979), but in Portugal it was only found in marshes .

Phenology: Present during most of the year but more common from October to May.

Ribera, C. (1979) Le genre Porrhoma dans les cavites de la Peninsule Iberique. In: Rambla, M. (ed.) Comptes Rendus du Vieme Colloque d' Arachnologie d' Expression Francaise. Ediciones de la Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, pp. 213 - 216.

Roberts, M. J. (1987) The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: Linyphiidae and check list. Harley Books, Colchester, England.

Wiehle, H. (1956) Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). 28. Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands, 44, i - viii, 1 - 337.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Linyphiidae

Genus

Porrhomma