Agelenopsis pennsylvanica (C. L. Koch, 1843)
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General Comments: The size of the adults of this species is highly variable. The measurements indicated below are the largest recorded extremes by Chamberlin & Ivie (1941).
Common Names
Family Common Name:
funnel weavers
Genus Common Name:
grass spiders
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces: CO CT LA MA NH ND PA
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† sheet web builders
†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): Often found close to or in buildings (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941).
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): early second growth; greentree reservior; bottomland hardwood;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus: 
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Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Male Dimensions:
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Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Descriptions Source:
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1941. North American Agelenidae of the genera Agelenopsis, Calilena, Ritalena and Tortolena. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 34: 585-628.
Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1941. North American Agelenidae of the genera Agelenopsis, Calilena, Ritalena and Tortolena. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 34: 585-628.
Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
Exline, H. 1938. The Araneida of Washington: Agelenidae and Hahniidae. Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 9(1): 1-44.
Gering, R. L. 1953. Structure and function of the genitalia in some American agelenid spiders. Smithsonian misc. Coll. 121(4): 1-84.
Kaston, B. J. 1963. Deformities of external genitalia in spiders. Jl N. Y. ent. Soc. 71: 30-39.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1878. Spinnen aus Uruguay und einigen anderen Gegenden Amerikas. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 27: 571-624.
Koch, C. L. 1843. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Zehnter Band, pp. 37-142.
Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.
Seyler, P. J. 1941. The generic and specific status of four Ohio spiders of the genus Agelenopsis. Ohio J. Sci. 41: 51-69.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
Natural History References
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1941. North American Agelenidae of the genera Agelenopsis, Calilena, Ritalena and Tortolena. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 34: 585-628.
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