Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850
silver longjawed orbweaver
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FAMILY: TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866 Genus: Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804 Species: Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
longjawed orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
longjawed orbweavers
Species Common Name:
silver longjawed orbweaver
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: North, Central America
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
AB BC MB NB NL NS ON PE QC SK YT AK CA CO CT FL ID IA KS LA MN MO MT NH NJ NM NC ND OK OR PA SC SD TX UT VA WA WI WY
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
Specimen list |
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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): Clearings; Foliage; Balsam fir; Woods; Weeds and spruce abondoned road; On tent at beach; Roadside alders; Schrubs at edge of bog; Rivage marin; Roadside grass and schrubs; Grass sedges along river; Riverside; Vegetation along stream; Wetland; Old field nr lake; Fields; Edge of lake, berren et fen; Ranunculus graminea wereds; Spruce beating; Scyrpus on sandy beach; River bank; In marshy; Sphagnum bog; Stone and cobbles in riffle in creek; Depression; Exposed rocky coast; Field edge; Clearings in mixed forest recently cut; Groung; white spruce;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Male Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
Image of External Male Genitalia: Credit: Pfeiffer, Kevin |
Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Female Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
Image of Epigynum: Credit: Slowik, Joey |
Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1903. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 425-464.
Chickering, A. M. 1959. The genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Michigan. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 119: 475-499.
Chickering, A. M. 1957. The genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Panama. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 116: 301-354.
Coddington, J. A. 1990. Ontogeny and homology in the male palpus of orb-weaving spiders and their relatives, with comments on phylogeny (Araneoclada: Araneoidea, Deinopoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 496: 1-52.
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.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.
Griswold, C. E., J. A. Coddington, G. Hormiga & N. Scharff. 1998. Phylogeny of the orb-web building spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae: Deinopoidea, Araneoidea). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 123: 1-99. 
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1879. Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 29: 293-349.
Keyserling, E. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orbitelae Latr. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 15: 799-856.
Levi, H. W. 1981. The American orb-weaver genera Dolichognatha and Tetragnatha north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae, Tetragnathinae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 149: 271-318.
Levi, L. R. & H. W. Levi. 1955. Spiders and harvestmen from Waterton and Glacier National Parks. Can. Fld Nat. 69: 32-40.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.
Okuma, C. 1992. Notes on the Neotropical and Mexican species of Tetragnatha (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) with descriptions of three new species. J. Fac. Agr., Kyushu Univ. 36: 219-243.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1930. The spiders of Porto Rico. Part two. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 30: 159-356.
Scharff, N. & J. A. Coddington. 1997. A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 355-434.
Seeley, R. M. 1928. Revision of the spider genus Tetragnatha. New York St. Mus. Bull. 278: 99-150.
Strand, E. 1908. Exotisch araneologisches.-I. Amerikanische hauptsächlich in Peru, Bolivien und Josemitetal in Californien gesammelte Spinnen. -II. Spinnen aus Kamerun. -III. Übersicht der bekanten Hysterocrates-Arten. -IV. Zur Kenntnis der Araneae rufipalpis (Luc). Jahrb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 61: 223-295.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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