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Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842

Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842 Habitus

FAMILY: TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866
    Genus: Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804
        Species: Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842 LSID
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Common Names

Family Common Name:  longjawed orbweavers
Genus Common Name:  longjawed orbweavers
Species Common Name:  none

Point Collections & Seasonality

Global Distribution: North, Central America, Cuba
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Seasonality

Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842 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): Forest vegetation; In roadside ditch; Along shore; Poplar and willow; Shrubs; Vegetation; Marginal vegetation lake; Riparian, Cobble Stones; Deciduous swamp forest; Under porch of cottage; In office buildIng; Coast Live Oak woodland; Riverine boulders and log piles; Hardwoods; Mixed forest at edge of swamp; Beside small stream; Poplar, cranberry; Trees; Tamarak; Oak-aspen forest; willows, shrubs,grass; Along river bank; Vertical slatted outhouse; Base camp. Pine forest; Mixed vegetation near lake; Mixedwood forest; Mixed Conifer closed Forest; web on tractor parked near weeds/brush; float house next to grassy marsh; Woods;

Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image(s) of Habitus:

Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842 habitus
Credit: Slowik, Joey
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Details About Males

Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Male Dimensions:

(Dimensions not yet available)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842 palp
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Details About Females

Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

Female Dimensions:

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Image of Epigynum:
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842 epigynum
Credit: Slowik, Joey
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Synonyms and Chresonyms

Tetragnatha casula Walckenaer 1842 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051400
Tetragnatha trapezoides Walckenaer 1842 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051399
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer 1842 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051398
Tetragnatha convexa Banks 1898 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051401
Tetragnatha dentigera F. O. P.-Cambridge 1903 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051402
Tetragnatha limnocharis Seeley 1928 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051403
Tetragnatha munda Chamberlin & Gertsch 1929 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051405
Tetragnatha marianna Archer 1940 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051406
Tetragnatha versicolor Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9735234
Tetragnatha versicolor Chickering 1957 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051407
Tetragnatha versicolor Chickering 1959 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051408
Tetragnatha versicolor Levi 1981 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051409
Tetragnatha versicolor Hormiga, Eberhard & Coddington 1995 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051410
Tetragnatha versicolor Griswold et al. 1998 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2051411
Tetragnatha versicolor Dondale et al. 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2012005
Tetragnatha versicolor Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2012007

Taxonomic References Instructions

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. To publisher...

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. To publisher...

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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