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Antistea brunnea (Emerton, 1909)

	FAMILY: HAHNIIDAE Bertkau, 1878     Genus: Antistea Simon, 1898         Species: Antistea brunnea (Emerton, 1909)
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General Comments: Specimens have been collected in Nova Scotia, south to northern New Jersey and northern Illinois, west to central Minnesota and western central British Columbia

Family Common Name:  hahniid spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Global Distribution: USA, Canada
Nearctic States & Provinces: AK

Seasonality Specimen Search Specimen list 1, 27

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): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): muskeg at edge of scrub timber;

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

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Description: Carapace brown with darker cervical grooves, thoracic grooves, and radial furrows. Abdomen dark brown on dorsal surface with six light chevrons, each of which are divided by median grey lines. Legs, palps, and spinnerets are brown.

Male Dimensions: A = 1.12 mm  A+B = 5.1 mm  C = 1 mm

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Description: As in male.

Female Dimensions: A = 1.12 mm  A+B = 5.1 mm  C = 1 mm

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Descriptions Source:
Opell, B. D. & J. A. Beatty. 1976. The Nearctic Hahniidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 147: 393-433.

Antistea brunnea Emerton 1909 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9737711

Hahnia brunnea Emerton 1909 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2078848

Hahnia brunnea Emerton 1915 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2078849

Antistea brunnea Gertsch 1934 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2078850

Antistea brunnea Kaston 1948 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2078851

Antistea brunnea Chickering 1963 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2078852

Antistea brunnea Opell & Beatty 1976 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9735715

Antistea brunnea Paquin & Dupérré 2003 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2009520

Chickering, A. M. 1963. The Hahniidae (Araneae) of Michigan. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. Arts Lett. 48: 65-72.

Emerton, J. H. 1915. New spiders from New England, XI. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 20: 133-144.

Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.

Gertsch, W. J. 1934. Some American spiders of the family Hahniidae. Amer. Mus. Novit. 712: 1-32.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Opell, B. D. & J. A. Beatty. 1976. The Nearctic Hahniidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 147: 393-433.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

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