Walckenaeria communis (Emerton, 1882)
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FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859 Genus: Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1833 Species: Walckenaeria communis (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, Canada, Alaska
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
AB YT CT NH WI
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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): Bog; Riparian, Beaver Ponds; Aspen-Spruce Forest; Base camp. Pine forest; Birch point; Along creek; Grass, willows - edge of creek; Base camp. Beach; Poplar, cranberry;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
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. 1900. Some new North American spiders. Canad. Ent. 32: 96-102.
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
Crosby, C. R. & S. C. Bishop. 1931. Studies in American spiders: genera Cornicularia, Paracornicularia, Tigellinus, Walckenaera, Epiceraticelus and Pelecopsis with descriptions of new genera and species. Jour. New York ent. Soc. 39:
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. 1983. The erigonine spiders of North America. Part 6. The genus Walckenaeria Blackwall (Araneae, Linyphiidae). J. Arachnol. 11: 105-200. 
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Simon, E. 1884. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 5: 180-885.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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