Mermessus contortus (Emerton, 1882)
| FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859 Genus: Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 Species: Mermessus contortus (Emerton, 1882) |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
dwarf & sheetweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
CT NH
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† wandering sheet/tangle weavers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus: 
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Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Females
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Crosby, C. R. 1905. A catalogue of the Erigoneae of North America, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 57: 301-343.
Crosby, C. R. & S. C. Bishop. 1928. Revision of the spider genera Erigone, Eperigone and Catabrithorax (Erigoneae). New York St. Mus. Bull. 278: 1-73.
Edwards, R. L. 1993. Notes on species of Eperigone (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Ent. News 104: 249-257.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Marx, G. 1890. Catalogue of the described Araneae of temperate North America. Proc. U. S. nat. Mus. 12: 497-594.
Millidge, A. F. 1987. The erigonine spiders of North America. Part 8. The genus Eperigone Crosby and Bishop (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2885: 1-75. 
Simon, E. 1884. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 5: 180-885.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog