Entomologica Fennica


Abstracts of Volume 13 Number 3, 2002

Koponen, S., Hoffmann, J. & Marusik, Y. M. 2002: Kikimora palustris Eskov, 1988 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) found in Europe. - Entomol. Fennica 13: 129-133.

Kikimora palustris Eskov, an erigonine spider known hitherto from Siberia only, was found in northernmost Finland. Males and females were trapped in a palsa mire in Enontekiö, 1999. Redescription with diagnostic figures is given, and taxonomy, distribution and ecology briefly discussed. Slit sense organs were found on basal part of male cymbium.


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