Mermessus maculatus (Banks, 1892)
| FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859 Genus: Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 Species: Mermessus maculatus (Banks, 1892) |
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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: Russia, Canada to Guatemala
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
FL NH OK PA VA
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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)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Pine-oak sandy scrub;
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
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
Crosby, C. R. 1926. Some arachnids from the Carlsbad Cave of New Mexico. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 28: 1-5.
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.
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.
Keyserling, E. 1886. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Nürnberg, 2: 1-295.
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. 
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog