Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842
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FAMILY: TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866 Genus: Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804 Species: Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
longjawed orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
longjawed orbweavers
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution & Point Collections
Global Distribution: North, Central America, Cuba
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
AB BC MB NB NL NT NS NU ON QC SK YT AK AZ CA CO CT FL MI MO MT NH NM NC ND OK SC SD TX UT VA WA WI WY
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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
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Underbush in woods; Open field; Coast Live Oak woodland; float house next to grassy marsh; On buildings; Grass, willows - edge of creek; River bank; Scirpus, Juncus in ditch; Edge of woods, on building; In wet shrubby meadow; Limb tap; Salt marshes; Deciduous swamp forest; Cornus, solidago, weeds; Riverine boulders and log piles; Mixed Conifer closed Forest; Bark of oak log; Vegetation from steep mountain; Cedar fen; Mixed vegetation near lake; Shrubs and weeds in woods; Flood plain, maple forest, elm; Shrubs; Forest vegetation; Riparian, Riverside; Forest floor; Flowers by pond; Wood area at edge of swamp; Under porch of cottage; In roadside ditch;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Contributed Specimen Records:
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: Slowik, Joey |
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‡
Archer, A. F. 1940. The Argiopidae or orb-weaving spiders of Alabama. Mus. Pap. geol. Surv. Ala 14: 1-77.
Banks, N. 1898. Arachnida from Baja California and other parts of Mexico. Proc. Californ. Acad. Sci. (3) 1: 205-308.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1903. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 425-464.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. J. Gertsch. 1929. New spiders from Utah and California. Jour. Ent. Zool. Claremont 21: 101-112.
Chickering, A. M. 1959. The genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Michigan. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 119: 475-499.
Chickering, A. M. 1957. Notes on certain species of Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Central America and Mexico. Breviora 67: 1-4.
Chickering, A. M. 1957. The genus Tetragnatha (Araneae, Argiopidae) in Jamaica, B.W.I., and other neighboring islands. Breviora 68: 1-15.
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.
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. 
Hormiga, G., W. G. Eberhard & J. A. Coddington. 1995. Web-construction behaviour in Australian Phonognatha and the phylogeny of nephiline and tetragnathid spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Aust. J. Zool. 43: 313-364.
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.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Seeley, R. M. 1928. Revision of the spider genus Tetragnatha. New York St. Mus. Bull. 278: 99-150.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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