Walckenaeria directa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874)
| FAMILY: LINYPHIIDAE Blackwall, 1859 Genus: Walckenaeria Blackwall, 1833 Species: Walckenaeria directa (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874)  |
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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: USA, Canada, Alaska
Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT AK CT MA NH WA
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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): grass, leaf litter, hardwood, litter, on shrubs
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Pine forest; Mixedwood forest; Riparian; Rock; Aspen closed Forest; Deciduous-dominant , contiguous forest; Aspen Forest; Alfalfa field-edge;
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
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Banks, N. 1916. Revision of Cayuga Lake spiders. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 68: 68-84.
Banks, N. 1892. The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1892: 11-81.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1875. On some new species of Erigone from North America. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 393-405.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1874. On some new species of Erigone from North America. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874: 428-442.
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. 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.
Hormiga, G. 2000. Higher level phylogenetics of erigonine spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Erigoninae). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 609: 1-160.
Hormiga, G. 1994. Cladistics and the comparative morphology of linyphiid spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Linyphiidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 111: 1-71. 
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
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
Natural History References
Millidge, A. F. 1983. The erigonine spiders of North America. Part 6. The genus Walckenaeria Blackwall (Araneae, Linyphiidae). J. Arachnol. 11: 105-200.
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