Sphodros niger (Hentz, 1842)
| FAMILY: ATYPIDAE Thorell, 1870 Genus: Sphodros Walckenaer, 1835 Species: Sphodros niger (Hentz, 1842)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
purseweb spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
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Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database) 
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Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
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Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† (not yet recorded or unknown)
†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
Recorded Habitats: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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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‡
| Atypus niger Hentz 1842 |
| Sphodros niger Hentz 1842 |
| Atypus niger Emerton 1913 |
| Sphodros niger Gertsch & Platnick 1980 |
| Sphodros niger Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References‡
Emerton, J. H. 1913. New and rare spiders from within fifty miles of New York City. Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 32: 255-260.
Gertsch, W. J. & N. I. Platnick. 1980. A revision of the American spiders of the family Atypidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2704: 1-39. 
Hentz, N. M. 1842. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 4: 54-57, 223-231.
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
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