Helophora insignis (Blackwall, 1841)
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FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859 Genus: Helophora Menge, 1866 Species: Helophora insignis (Blackwall, 1841)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
dwarf & sheetweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution & Point Collections
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT CO MA MT NH
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Natural History, Phenology & 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): mixed forests, near ground in high grass and low bushes
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Aspen/Spruce Edge Forest; Pine forest; Riparian, Black Cottonwood; Aspen (Elfin Forest) closed; Dry Grassland; Mixedwood forest; Lodgepole Pine closed Forest; Aspen (closed) Forest; Aspen/ Spruce Forest;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Contributed Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
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‡
Beer, S. A. 1964. On the fauna and ecology of spiders in the Murman region. Zool. Zh. 43: 525-533.
Blackwall, J. 1864. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, Ray Society, 2: 175-384.
Blackwall, J. 1841. The difference in the number of eyes with which spiders are provided proposed as the basis of their distribution into tribes; with descriptions of newly discovered species and the characters of a new family and three new genera of spiders. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 18: 601-670.
Blauvelt, H. H. 1936. The comparative morphology of the secondary sexual organs of Linyphia and some related genera, including a revision of the group. Festschr. Strand 2: 81-171.
Bösenberg, W. 1901. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. I. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(1): 1-96.
Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Grube, A. E. 1861. Beschreibung neuer, von den Herren L. v. Schrenck, Maack, C. v. Ditmar u. a. im Amurlande und in Ostsibirien gesammelter Araneiden. Bull. Acad. imp. sci. S.-Pétersb. 4: 161-180 [separate, pp. 1-29].
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Helsdingen, P. J. van. 1978. Some synonymies in Old World spiders. Zool. Meded. Leiden 53: 185-197.
Hull, J. E. 1920. The spider family Linyphiidae: an essay in taxonomy. Vasculum 6: 7-11.
Izmailova, M. V. 1989. [Fauna of Spiders of South Part of Eastern Siberia]. Irkutsk, State Univ. Publ., 184 pp.
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.
Li, S. Q., D. X. Song & C. D. Zhu. 1994. On the classification of spiders of subfamily Linyphiinae, Linyphiidae. Sinozool. 11: 77-82.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
Menge, A. 1866. Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N.F.) 1: 1-152
Merrett, P. 1963. The palpus of male spiders of the family Linyphiidae. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 140: 347-467.
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Millidge, A. F. 1984. The taxonomy of the Linyphiidae, based chiefly on the epigynal and tracheal characters (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 6: 229-267.
Millidge, A. F. 1977. The conformation of the male palpal organs of linyphiid spiders, and its application to the taxonomic and phylogenetic analysis of the family (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 4: 1-60.
Palmgren, P. 1975. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens VI: Linyphiidae 1. Fauna fenn. 28: 1-102.
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Roberts, M. J. 1998. Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1995. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1987. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2: Linyphiidae and check list. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Simon, E. 1929. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espčces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 3e partie. Paris, 6: 533-772.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
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Tao, Y., S. Q. Li & C. D. Zhu. 1995. Linyphiid spiders of Changbai Mountains, China (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae). Beitr. Araneol. 4: 241-288.
Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
Westring, N. 1861. Araneae svecieae. Göteb. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 7: 1-615.
Westring, N. 1851. Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan. Götenborg. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 2: 25-62.
Wiehle, H. 1967. Meta,-eine semientelegyne Gattung der Araneae (Arach.). Senckenberg. biol. 48: 183-196.
Wiehle, H. 1956. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Araneae). 28. Familie Linyphiidae-Baldachinspinnen. Tierwelt Deutschlands 44: i-viii, 1-337.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
Natural History References
Hackman, W. 1954. The spiders of Newfoundland. Acta zool. fenn. 79: 1-99.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
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