Pachygnatha xanthostoma C. L. Koch, 1845
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FAMILY: TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866 Genus: Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823 Species: Pachygnatha xanthostoma C. L. Koch, 1845  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
longjawed orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
thickjawed orbweavers
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
AB MB NB ON QC SK CO ME MT OR
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Seasonality
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† orb 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): Wooded swamp; Tall grass by swamp river bank; Thypha, Carex dry marsh; Partly dry marsh; Cedar swamp; Edge of Oak forest; Apple foliage; Bourelova steppa praisie; Marais salés; Swamp; Grassy river bank; ceopage area ???; cultivated field; Beach; Mire expanse hummock; Low herbs; Meadow; Tall grass; Wetland; Field of brussel sprouts; Sphagnum; Grassy beach; Beach drfit; Wet litter beside mud creek; Shortgrass prairie; Litter calcareous bog; Grass by slaugh; Edge of lake; Old field nr salt marsh; Calcarous bog;
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
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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.
Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.
Keyserling, E. 1884. Neue Spinnen aus America. V. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 33: 649-684.
Koch, C. L. 1845. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Zwolfter Band, pp. 1-166.
Levi, H. W. 1980. The orb-weaver genus Mecynogea, the subfamily Metinae and the genera Pachygnatha, Glenognatha and Azilia of the subfamily Tetragnathinae north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 149: 1-7
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
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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