Fauna of Lithuania

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Fauna of Lithuania may refer to:

Spiders

A 2011 list includes 445 spider species. [1]

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<i>Ero cambridgei</i> Species of spider

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<i>Hyptiotes paradoxus</i> Species of spider

Hyptiotes paradoxus is a spider species with Palearctic distribution. It is notably found in Lithuania and Latvia. It is also found in Estonia and Finland.

<i>Crustulina guttata</i> Species of spider

Crustulina guttata is a spider species with Palearctic distribution. It is notably found in Lithuania.

Cryptachaea riparia is a spider species with Palearctic distribution. It is notably found in Lithuania.

<i>Enoplognatha thoracica</i> Species of spider

Enoplognatha thoracica is a spider species with Holarctic distribution. It is notably found in Lithuania.

<i>Euryopis flavomaculata</i> Species of spider

Euryopis flavomaculata is a tangle-web spider species with Palearctic distribution. It is notably found in Lithuania.

<i>Platnickina tincta</i> Species of spider

Platnickina tincta is a tangle web spider species with Holarctic distribution. It is notably found in Lithuania.

<i>Lasaeola prona</i> Species of spider

Lasaeola prona is a tangle web spider species with Holarctic distribution. It is notably found in Lithuania.

Lasaeola tristis is a tangle web spider species found from Europe to Central Asia. It is notably found in Lithuania.

Lessertia dentichelis is a spider species found in Europe, Canary Islands, Madeira, Canada and New Zealand. It is notably found in Lithuania. There is also a notable population in Kungsträdgården metro station, in Stockholm; this is the only place in Northern Europe where the species can be found. Presumably the spider traveled to Sweden on machines and equipment from Southern Europe when the station was being constructed in the early 1970s.

References

  1. The checklist of Lithuanian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Marija Biteniekytė and Vygandas Rėlys, Biologija, 2011, Vol. 57, No. 4, pages 148–158, doi : 10.6001/biologija.v57i4.1926