Lepthyphantes alpinus (Emerton, 1882)
| FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859 Genus: Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 Species: Lepthyphantes alpinus (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: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces: AB ON YT CO NH
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
Specimen list |
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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): mixed woods, coniferous and deciduous leaf litter, lake shores
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Bog; Dry muskeg; Base camp. Beach; Pine forest; Base camp. Pine forest; Grass, willows - edge of creek; Birch, spruce, rock; Along creek; Mixedwood forest; Birch point; Aspen, grass, willow; South beach;
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‡
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Marx, G. 1890. Catalogue of the described Araneae of temperate North America. Proc. U. S. nat. Mus. 12: 497-594.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Tanasevitch, A. V. 1988. New species of Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 from the Soviet Far East, with notes on the Siberian fauna of this genus. Spixiana 10: 335-343.
Tanasevitch, A. V. & K. Y. Eskov. 1987. Spiders of the genus Lepthyphantes (Aranei, Linyphiidae) in the Siberian and Far-Eastern fauna. Zool. Zh. 66: 185-197.
Zorsch, H. M. 1937. The spider genus Lepthyphantes in the United States. Amer. Midl. Nat. 18: 856-898. 
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
Natural History References
Aitchison-Benell, C. W. & C. D. Dondale. 1990. A checklist of Manitoba spiders (Araneae) with notes on geographic relationships. Naturaliste can. 117: 215-237.
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