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
Distribution
Global Distribution: North, Central America
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database) 
AB BC MB NB NL NS ON PE QC SK YT AK CA CO CT FL IA KS LA MN MO MT NH NJ NM NC ND OK OR PA SC SD TX UT VA WA WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
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Specimen Search
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Natural History, Phenology & 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
Recorded Habitats: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Males
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Details About Females
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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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